Yeast Aim21/Tda2 both regulates free actin by reducing barbed end assembly and forms a complex with Cap1/Cap2 to balance actin assembly between patches and cables.
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SUBMITTER: Shin M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5896931 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr
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Yeast Aim21/Tda2 both regulates free actin by reducing barbed end assembly and forms a complex with Cap1/Cap2 to balance actin assembly between patches and cables.
Shin Myungjoo M van Leeuwen Jolanda J Boone Charles C Bretscher Anthony A
Molecular biology of the cell 20180330 8
Yeast Aim21 is recruited by the SH3-containing proteins Bbc1 and Abp1 to patches and, with Tda2, reduces barbed end assembly to balance the distribution of actin between patches and cables. Aim21/Tda2 also interacts with Cap1/Cap2, revealing a complex interplay between actin assembly regulators. ...[more]
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