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| Title | Structural mechanisms of drebrin-mediated F-actin network modulation. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 17, Issue 1, Year 2026 |
| Publish date | Jun 23, 2026 |
Authors | W Zhao / L Y Chu / G Abis / F Oozeer / T Mulvaney / N Nagar / M Topf / P R Gordon-Weeks / M R Conte / J Atherton / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Drebrin modulates F-actin networks and links them to other intracellular components, regulating crucial processes including neuritogenesis, synaptic plasticity, virus internalisation and cancer ...Drebrin modulates F-actin networks and links them to other intracellular components, regulating crucial processes including neuritogenesis, synaptic plasticity, virus internalisation and cancer invasion. Using single-particle cryo-EM we characterise drebrin's interaction with F-actin through two separate conserved actin binding domains (ABD1 and ABD2), revealing structural bases for its F-actin-modulating properties. We describe a multimodal interaction where drebrin's ABD1 can adopt two conformations and a long flexible loop connecting to ABD2 allows the two ABDs to occupy multiple relative positions along F-actin. The flexible loop connecting the two ABDs also confers some propensity to loosely bundle F-actin. Drebrin's ABDs bind across multiple actin protomers and their subdomains and modify the longitudinal inter-protomer interface, explaining its F-actin stabilising properties. Furthermore, we show drebrin's binding site on F-actin is shared with other critical actin-binding and regulatory proteins, explaining their competitive displacement. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:42337253 / PubMed Central |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 2.29 - 2.37 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-55893, PDB-9tg8: EMDB-55894, PDB-9tg9: EMDB-55895, PDB-9tga: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-ADP: ![]() ChemComp-MG: ![]() ChemComp-HOH: |
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Keywords | STRUCTURAL PROTEIN / F-actin binding protein |
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