Ebook: Actin-Monomer-Binding Proteins

The actin cytoskeleton plays a central role in many cellular processes including cell motility, cytokinesis, endocytosis and phagocytosis. The structure and dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton is regulated by a large number of proteins that interact with monomeric and/or filamentous actin. Actin monomer binding proteins provides a comprehensive view on actin monomer-binding proteins and the mechanisms by which they contribute to actin dynamics and various actin-dependent cellular processes. This new title contains chapters that describe the basic mechanisms of actin dynamics as well as the structural principles by which various actin-binding proteins interact with actin.

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The actin cytoskeleton plays a central role in many cellular processes including cell motility, cytokinesis, endocytosis and phagocytosis. The structure and dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton is regulated by a large number of proteins that interact with monomeric and/or filamentous actin.

This book provides a comprehensive view on actin monomer-binding proteins and the mechanisms by which they contribute to actin dynamics and various actin-dependent cellular processes. This new title contains chapters that describe the basic mechanisms of actin dynamics as well as the structural principles by which various actin-binding proteins interact with actin.

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The actin cytoskeleton plays a central role in many cellular processes including cell motility, cytokinesis, endocytosis and phagocytosis. The structure and dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton is regulated by a large number of proteins that interact with monomeric and/or filamentous actin.

This book provides a comprehensive view on actin monomer-binding proteins and the mechanisms by which they contribute to actin dynamics and various actin-dependent cellular processes. This new title contains chapters that describe the basic mechanisms of actin dynamics as well as the structural principles by which various actin-binding proteins interact with actin.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
How Actin Assembly Is Modulated at Filament Barbed Ends in Motile Processes....Pages 1-10
Proteins of the Actin Depolymerizing Factor/Cofilin Family....Pages 11-27
Profilin, an Essential Control Element for Actin Polymerization....Pages 29-44
Srv2/Cyclase-Associated Protein (CAP)....Pages 45-52
Twinfilin Family of Actin Monomer-Binding Proteins....Pages 53-60
Intracellular ?-Thymosins....Pages 61-70
Multirepeat ?-Thymosins....Pages 71-81
Wasp and WAVE Family Proteins....Pages 83-96
The Verprolins as Regulators of Actin Dynamics....Pages 97-106
A Common Binding Site for Actin-Binding Proteins on the Actin Surface....Pages 107-115
Back Matter....Pages 117-118

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The actin cytoskeleton plays a central role in many cellular processes including cell motility, cytokinesis, endocytosis and phagocytosis. The structure and dynamics of the actin cytoskeleton is regulated by a large number of proteins that interact with monomeric and/or filamentous actin.

This book provides a comprehensive view on actin monomer-binding proteins and the mechanisms by which they contribute to actin dynamics and various actin-dependent cellular processes. This new title contains chapters that describe the basic mechanisms of actin dynamics as well as the structural principles by which various actin-binding proteins interact with actin.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
How Actin Assembly Is Modulated at Filament Barbed Ends in Motile Processes....Pages 1-10
Proteins of the Actin Depolymerizing Factor/Cofilin Family....Pages 11-27
Profilin, an Essential Control Element for Actin Polymerization....Pages 29-44
Srv2/Cyclase-Associated Protein (CAP)....Pages 45-52
Twinfilin Family of Actin Monomer-Binding Proteins....Pages 53-60
Intracellular ?-Thymosins....Pages 61-70
Multirepeat ?-Thymosins....Pages 71-81
Wasp and WAVE Family Proteins....Pages 83-96
The Verprolins as Regulators of Actin Dynamics....Pages 97-106
A Common Binding Site for Actin-Binding Proteins on the Actin Surface....Pages 107-115
Back Matter....Pages 117-118
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