Protein osmotic pressure modulates actin filament length distribution

Enrico Grazi; Sara Pozzati

doi:10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.12.012

Protein osmotic pressure modulates actin filament length distribution

J Theor Biol. 2008 Apr 7;251(3):411-20. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.12.012. Epub 2007 Dec 27.

Authors

Enrico Grazi¹, Sara Pozzati

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ferrara University, Via Borsari 46, 44100 Ferrara, Italy. gre@unife.it

PMID: 18249412
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2007.12.012

Abstract

On these bases, we propose that the length distribution of the actin filaments is regulated by (a) the free energy of hydrolysis of ATP and (b) the macromolecular osmotic pressure.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Actin Cytoskeleton / chemistry
Actin Cytoskeleton / ultrastructure*
Adenosine Triphosphate / chemistry
Animals
Cell Physiological Phenomena*
Hydrolysis
Macromolecular Substances / chemistry*
Models, Biological
Osmotic Pressure

Substances

Macromolecular Substances
Adenosine Triphosphate