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SUBMITTER: Kapoor P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3618487 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kapoor Prabodh P Chen Mingming M Winkler Duane David DD Luger Karolin K Shen Xuetong X
Nature structural & molecular biology 20130324 4
Actin has well-established functions in the cytoplasm, but its roles in the nucleus remain poorly defined. Here, by studying the nuclear actin-containing yeast INO80 chromatin remodeling complex, we provide genetic and biochemical evidence for a role of monomeric actin in INO80 chromatin remodeling. We demonstrate that, in contrast to cytoplasmic actin, nuclear actin is present as a monomer in the INO80 complex, and its barbed end is not accessible for polymerization. We identify an actin mutati ...[more]