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ORJI JONATHAN ORJI MD, phD Kutaisi 2013 ACTIN FILAMENT

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ORJI JONATHAN ORJIMD, phDKutaisi 2013

ACTIN FILAMENT

Actin filaments are thin and flexible

7 nm in diameterLess rigid than

microtubulesPlus end - fast

growingMinus end - slow

growingMonomers

polymerize into a helical chain

Actin and microtubules polymerize using similar mechanisms

Monomeric actin binds to ATP

Upon polymerization, actin ATPase activity cleaves ATP to ADP

ATP hydrolysis acts as a molecular “clock”

Older actin filaments with ADP are unstable and disassemble

Myosins are actin-based motor proteins

Myosins convert ATP hydrolysis into movement along actin filaments

Many different classes of myosins (>30 in humans)

Some myosins move cargoes, other myosins slide actin (as in muscles)

Actin & ATP binding sites in N-terminal head domain

Contraction is activated by calcium release from the sarcoplasmic reticulum

Contraction is regulated by a Ca+2-mediated change in the conformation of troponin