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Cofilin is a pH sensor for actin free barbed end formation: role of phosphoinositide binding.
The Journal of cell biology - 1 Dec 2008
Frantz Christian, Barreiro Gabriela, Dominguez Laura, Chen Xiaoming, Eddy Robert, Condeelis John, Kelly Mark J S, Jacobson Matthew P, Barber Diane L
Abstract excerpt
Newly generated actin free barbed ends at the front of motile cells provide sites for actin filament assembly driving membrane protrusion. Growth factors induce a rapid biphasic increase in actin free barbed ends, and we found both phases absent in fibroblasts lacking H(+) efflux by the Na-H exchanger NHE1. The first phase is restored by expression of mutant cofilin-H133A but not unphosphorylated cofilin-S3A....
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