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Actin Depolymerizing Factors
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Definition
: A family of low MOLECULAR WEIGHT actin-binding proteins found throughout eukaryotes. They remodel the actin CYTOSKELETON by severing ACTIN FILAMENTS and increasing the rate of monomer dissociation.
Examples
Cofilin 1
;
Cofilin 2
;
Destrin
Other names
Depolymerizing Proteins, Actin; Depolymerizing Factors, Actin; Cofilin Proteins; Actin Depolymerizing Proteins; ADF Proteins (Actin Depolymerizing Factors); Cofilins
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ADF4 protein, Arabidopsis
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*Arabidopsis Proteins
*Actin Depolymerizing Factors.
Plant Physiol. 2009 Jun;150(2):815-24
Adf1 protein, S pombe
0
*Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins
*Actin Depolymerizing Factors.
Mol Biol Cell 2006 Apr;17(4):1933-45