2016
Cations Stiffen Actin Filaments by Adhering a Key Structural Element to Adjacent Subunits
Hocky GM, Baker JL, Bradley MJ, Sinitskiy AV, De La Cruz EM, Voth GA. Cations Stiffen Actin Filaments by Adhering a Key Structural Element to Adjacent Subunits. The Journal Of Physical Chemistry B 2016, 120: 4558-4567. PMID: 27146246, PMCID: PMC4959277, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b02741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsActin filamentsRegulatory proteinsD-loopSite-specific mutagenesisSpecific divalent cationsFilament severingStructural bioinformaticsAdjacent subunitsAccessible conformational spaceSubunit conformationActin subunitsKey structural elementsAmino acidsLarge-scale changesConformational spaceSubunitsFilament mechanical propertiesProteinFilamentsDivalent cationsMagnesium ionsMolecular dynamics simulationsConformationSitesCofilin
1998
Regulation of G protein-coupled Receptor Kinase 5 (GRK5) by Actin*
Freeman J, De La Cruz E, Pollard T, Lefkowitz R, Pitcher J. Regulation of G protein-coupled Receptor Kinase 5 (GRK5) by Actin*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1998, 273: 20653-20657. PMID: 9685424, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.32.20653.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsG protein-coupled receptor kinase 5G protein-coupled receptorsG protein-coupled receptor kinasesAgonist-occupied G protein-coupled receptorsAmino terminusPhosphorylation of GPCRsSoluble substratesMembrane-bound substratesProtein-coupled receptor kinasesMembrane-bound G protein-coupled receptorReceptor kinase 5Receptor kinasePresence of actinSubstrate specificityKinase activityActin filamentsActin bindsKinase 5Actin monomersAmino acidsPhosphorylationActinCalmodulinTerminusKinase