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Actin filament remodeling by actin depolymerization factor/cofilin.


ABSTRACT: We investigate, using molecular dynamics, how the severing protein, actin depolymerization factor (ADF)/cofilin, modulates the structure, conformational dynamics, and mechanical properties of actin filaments. The actin and cofilactin filament bending stiffness and corresponding persistence lengths obtained from all-atom simulations are comparable to values obtained from analysis of thermal fluctuations in filament shape. Filament flexibility is strongly affected by the nucleotide-linked conformation of the actin subdomain 2 DNase-I binding loop and the filament radial mass density distribution. ADF/cofilin binding between subdomains 1 and 3 of a filament subunit triggers reorganization of subdomain 2 of the neighboring subunit such that the DNase-I binding loop (DB-loop) moves radially away from the filament. Repositioning of the neighboring subunit DB-loop significantly weakens subunit interactions along the long-pitch helix and lowers the filament bending rigidity. Lateral filament contacts between the hydrophobic loop and neighboring short-pitch helix monomers in native filaments are also compromised with cofilin binding. These works provide a molecular interpretation of biochemical solution studies documenting the disruption of filament subunit interactions and also reveal the molecular basis of actin filament allostery and its linkage to ADF/cofilin binding.

SUBMITTER: Pfaendtner J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2867716 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Actin filament remodeling by actin depolymerization factor/cofilin.

Pfaendtner Jim J   De La Cruz Enrique M EM   Voth Gregory A GA  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100405 16


We investigate, using molecular dynamics, how the severing protein, actin depolymerization factor (ADF)/cofilin, modulates the structure, conformational dynamics, and mechanical properties of actin filaments. The actin and cofilactin filament bending stiffness and corresponding persistence lengths obtained from all-atom simulations are comparable to values obtained from analysis of thermal fluctuations in filament shape. Filament flexibility is strongly affected by the nucleotide-linked conforma  ...[more]

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