2024
High-resolution yeast actin structures indicate the molecular mechanism of actin filament stiffening by cations
Xu X, Cao W, Swift M, Pandit N, Huehn A, Sindelar C, De La Cruz E, Hanein D, Volkmann N. High-resolution yeast actin structures indicate the molecular mechanism of actin filament stiffening by cations. Communications Chemistry 2024, 7: 164. PMID: 39079963, PMCID: PMC11289367, DOI: 10.1038/s42004-024-01243-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchActin filamentsVertebrate actinsActin structuresDNase I binding loopActin filament assemblyEukaryotic cell functionStructures of wild-typeNear-atomic resolution structuresPotential binding sitesActin subunitsFilament assemblyRegulatory proteinsDNase IA167ActinAdjacent subunitsRegulatory roleMolecular mechanismsVertebratesWild-typeGlutamic acidCell functionFilamentsSubunitResidues
2018
High-resolution cryo-EM structures of actin-bound myosin states reveal the mechanism of myosin force sensing
Mentes A, Huehn A, Liu X, Zwolak A, Dominguez R, Shuman H, Ostap EM, Sindelar CV. High-resolution cryo-EM structures of actin-bound myosin states reveal the mechanism of myosin force sensing. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2018, 115: 1292-1297. PMID: 29358376, PMCID: PMC5819444, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1718316115.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsN-terminal subdomainHigh-resolution cryo-EM structuresADP stateNear-atomic resolution structuresCryo-EM structureCryo-electron microscopyHigh-resolution structuresIsoform-dependent mannerFilamentous actinResolution structureStructural basisMyosin IBActin filamentsStructural diversityRelease pathwayADP releaseActinPointed endPotent stabilizerMyosin