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== Structure ==  
== Structure ==  
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<applet load='2zwh' size='222' color='black' frame='true' align='left' caption='Filamentous Actin (F-actin)' scene='Sandbox_154/2zwh_black_domains/1'/>
<applet load='2zwh' size='222' color='black' frame='true' align='right' caption='Filamentous Actin (F-actin)' scene='Sandbox_154/2zwh_black_domains/1'/>
=== History of the structure ===
=== History of the structure ===
The F-actin protein was discovered by Straub in 1942. The structure was speculated based on a low-resolution x-ray crystallograph found in 1990 by Holmes et al. and over this time, despite the importance of F-actin in eukaryotic cells, this speculated structure was accepted. A higher resolution structure was only recently deposited in the PDB databank in Decemeber 2008 by Oda et al. <ref> Oda T, Iwasa M, Aihara T, Maéda Y, and Narita A. 2009. The nature of the globular-to fibrous actin transition. Nature,457(7228):441-445. PMID: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19158791/ 19158791]</ref>.
The F-actin protein was discovered by Straub in 1942. The structure was speculated based on a low-resolution x-ray crystallograph found in 1990 by Holmes et al. and over this time, despite the importance of F-actin in eukaryotic cells, this speculated structure was accepted. A higher resolution structure was only recently deposited in the PDB databank in Decemeber 2008 by Oda et al. <ref> Oda T, Iwasa M, Aihara T, Maéda Y, and Narita A. 2009. The nature of the globular-to fibrous actin transition. Nature,457(7228):441-445. PMID: [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19158791/ 19158791]</ref>.