Two activities of cofilin, severing and accelerating directional depolymerization of actin filaments, are affected differentially by mutations around the actin-binding helix

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 6752-6761

  Moriyama, Kenji ^a   Yahara, Ichiro ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Actin; Cofilin; Mutation; Tertiary structure; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALANINE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; COFILIN; HYDROXYL GROUP; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; TYROSINE;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SWINE;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033485258     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.23.6752     Document Type: Article

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