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Mammalian CARMIL inhibits actin filament capping by capping protein.
Developmental cell - 1 Aug 2005
Yang Changsong, Pring Martin, Wear Martin A, Huang Minzhou, Cooper John A, Svitkina Tatyana M, Zigmond Sally H
Abstract excerpt
Actin polymerization in cells occurs via filament elongation at the barbed end. Proteins that cap the barbed end terminate this elongation. Heterodimeric capping protein (CP) is an abundant and ubiquitous protein that caps the barbed end. We find that the mouse homolog of the adaptor protein CARMIL (mCARMIL) binds CP with high affinity and decreases its affinity for the barbed end. Addition of mCARMIL to cell...
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