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Filamin protects myofibrils from contractile damage through changes in its mechanosensory region.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jun 2024
Fisher Lucas A B, Carriquí-Madroñal Belén, Mulder Tiara, Huelsmann Sven, Schöck Frieder, González-Morales Nicanor
Abstract excerpt
Filamins are mechanosensitive actin crosslinking proteins that organize the actin cytoskeleton in a variety of shapes and tissues. In muscles, filamin crosslinks actin filaments from opposing sarcomeres, the smallest contractile units of muscles. This happens at the Z-disc, the actin-organizing center of sarcomeres. In flies and vertebrates, filamin mutations lead to fragile muscles that appear ruptured,...
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