Actin can be found in two forms, monomeric (G-actin) and filamentous (F-actin). The latter forms filaments that are essential for maintaining cell structure and many other functions. The assembly ...

Previous structures from X-ray crystallization revealed that formins are made of two identical parts that encircle the actin filament in a ring-like conformation and step along it as it grows. In the ...

Actin is a highly abundant protein that controls the shape and movement of all our cells. Actin achieves this by assembling into filaments, one actin molecule at a time. The proteins of the formin ...

Formins are made of two identical parts (red, orange) that encircle the actin (grey) filament in a ring-like conformation. “Our discovery allows us to interpret decades of biochemical studies on ...

Actin achieves this by assembling into filaments, one actin molecule at a time. The proteins of the formin family are pivotal partners ...

Actin filaments — protein structures critical to living movement from single cells to animals — have long been known to have polarity associated with their physical characteristics, with growing ...

An electron microscopy study revealed key details of actin filaments, which are essential structural elements of cells and muscles. Actin filaments -- protein structures critical to living ...

Actin filaments - protein structures critical to living movement from single cells to animals - have long been known to have polarity associated with their physical characteristics, with growing ...

The study was published in Advanced Science. Actin filaments are part of the cell skeleton and essential for stability and motility. They form a network that dynamically builds up and gets broken ...