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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 86, 期 5, 页码 2720-2739出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(04)74326-X
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We have derived a broad, deterministic model of the steady-state actin cycle that includes its major regulatory mechanisms. Ours is the first model to solve the complete nucleotide pro. le within. laments, a feature that determines the dynamics and geometry of actin networks at the leading edges of motile cells, and one that has challenged investigators developing models to interpret steady-state experiments. We arrived at the nucleotide pro. le through analytic and numerical approaches that completely agree. Our model reproduces behaviors seen in numerous experiments with purified proteins, but allows a detailed inspection of the concentrations and fluxes that might exist in these experiments. These inspections provide new insight into the mechanisms that determine the rate of actin. lament treadmilling. Specifically, we find that mechanisms for enhancing Pi release from the ADP.Pi intermediate on. laments, for increasing the off rate of ADP-bound subunits at pointed ends, and the multiple, simultaneous functions of profilin, make unique and essential contributions to increased treadmilling. In combination, these mechanisms have a theoretical capacity to increase treadmilling to levels limited only by the amount of available actin. This limitation arises because as the cycle becomes more dynamic, it tends toward the unpolymerized state.
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