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Title | Cryo-EM reconstruction of yeast ADP-actin filament at 2.5 Å resolution. A comparison with vertebrate F-actin. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Structure, Vol. 33, Issue 3, Page 435-442.e3, Year 2025 |
Publish date | Mar 6, 2025 |
![]() | Sarah R Stevenson / Svetomir B Tzokov / Indrajit Lahiri / Kathryn R Ayscough / Per A Bullough / ![]() |
PubMed Abstract | The core component of the actin cytoskeleton is the globular protein G-actin, which reversibly polymerizes into filaments (F-actin). Budding yeast possesses a single actin that shares 87%-89% ...The core component of the actin cytoskeleton is the globular protein G-actin, which reversibly polymerizes into filaments (F-actin). Budding yeast possesses a single actin that shares 87%-89% sequence identity with vertebrate actin isoforms. Previous structural studies indicate very close overlap of main-chain backbones. Intriguingly, however, substitution of yeast ACT1 with vertebrate β-cytoplasmic actin severely disrupts cell function and the substitution with a skeletal muscle isoform is lethal. Here we report a 2.5 Å structure of budding yeast F-actin. Previously unresolved side-chain information allows us to highlight four main differences in the comparison of yeast and vertebrate ADP F-actins: a more open nucleotide binding pocket; a more solvent exposed C-terminus; a rearrangement of inter-subunit binding interactions in the vicinity of the D loop and changes in the hydrogen bonding network in the vicinity of histidine 73 (yeast actin) and methyl-histidine 73 (vertebrate actin). |
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Methods | EM (helical sym.) |
Resolution | 2.5 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-51491, PDB-9go5: |
Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-ADP: ![]() ChemComp-MG: ![]() ChemComp-HOH: |
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![]() | PROTEIN FIBRIL / Fibre / polymer / helical protein / motility |