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Nature Structural Biology  4, 369 - 373 (1997)
doi:10.1038/nsb0597-369

Crystal structure of the actin-binding protein actophorin from Acanthamoeba

Shonda A. Leonard1, Apostolos G. Gittis1, Eugene C. Petrella2, 3, Thomas D. Pollard2, 4 & Eaton E. Lattman1, 5

  1Department of Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry, Hopkins School of Medicine 725 N. Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD 21205

  2Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Johns Hopkins School of Medicine 725 N. Wolfe Street Baltimore, MD 21205

  3Current address: 3-Dimensional Pharmaceutical, 665 Stockton Drive, Exton, PA 19341

  4Current address: Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037

  5lattman@jhunix.hd.jhu.edu

Actophorin is a member of the actin-depolymerizing factor/cofilin family. It severs act in filaments and sequesters actin monomers. The crystal structure of actophorin will help to elucidate actin−ADF/cofilin interactions.

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