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==Atomic model of F-actin based on a 6.6 angstrom resolution cryoEM map==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[3mfp]] is a 1 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oryctolagus_cuniculus Oryctolagus cuniculus]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=3MFP OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3MFP FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">Electron Microscopy, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 6.6&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=ADP:ADENOSINE-5-DIPHOSPHATE'>ADP</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=HIC:4-METHYL-HISTIDINE'>HIC</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=3mfp FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=3mfp OCA], [https://pdbe.org/3mfp PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=3mfp RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/3mfp PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=3mfp ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/ACTS_RABIT ACTS_RABIT] Actins are highly conserved proteins that are involved in various types of cell motility and are ubiquitously expressed in all eukaryotic cells.
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
F-actin is a helical assembly of actin, which is a component of muscle fibres essential for contraction and has a crucial role in numerous cellular processes, such as the formation of lamellipodia and filopodia, as the most abundant component and regulator of cytoskeletons by dynamic assembly and disassembly (from G-actin to F-actin and vice versa). Actin is a ubiquitous protein and is involved in important biological functions, but the definitive high-resolution structure of F-actin remains unknown. Although a recent atomic model well reproduced X-ray fibre diffraction intensity data from a highly oriented liquid-crystalline sol specimen, its refinement without experimental phase information has certain limitations. Direct visualization of the structure by electron cryomicroscopy, however, has been difficult because it is relatively thin and flexible. Here we report the F-actin structure at 6.6 A resolution, made obtainable by recent advances in electron cryomicroscopy. The density map clearly resolves all the secondary structures of G-actin, such as alpha-helices, beta-structures and loops, and makes unambiguous modelling and refinement possible. Complex domain motions that open the nucleotide-binding pocket on F-actin formation, specific D-loop and terminal conformations, and relatively tight axial but markedly loose interprotofilament interactions hydrophilic in nature are revealed in the F-actin model, and all seem to be important for dynamic functions of actin.

Direct visualization of secondary structures of F-actin by electron cryomicroscopy.,Fujii T, Iwane AH, Yanagida T, Namba K Nature. 2010 Sep 15. PMID:20844487<ref>PMID:20844487</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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==See Also==
*[[Actin 3D structures|Actin 3D structures]]
== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Oryctolagus cuniculus]]
[[Category: Fujii T]]
[[Category: Iwane AH]]
[[Category: Namba K]]
[[Category: Yanagida T]]