Archaeal Actins and the Origin of a Multi-functional Cytoskeleton

Overview

Journal J Bacteriol

Publisher American Society for Microbiology

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2024 Feb 23

PMID 38391233

Authors

Arthur Charles-Orszag

Natalie A Petek-Seoane

R Dyche Mullins

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Abstract

Actin and actin-like proteins form filamentous polymers that carry out important cellular functions in all domains of life. In this review, we sketch a map of the function and regulation of actin-like proteins across bacteria, archaea, and eukarya, marking some of the that remain in this landscape. We focus particular attention on archaea because mapping the structure and function of cytoskeletal systems across this domain promises to help us understand the evolutionary relationship between the (mostly) mono-functional actin-like filaments found in bacteria and the multi-functional actin cytoskeletons that characterize eukaryotic cells.

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