Structural and biochemical evidence for the emergence of a calcium-regulated actin cytoskeleton prior to eukaryogenesis

Caner Akıl; Linh T. Tran; Magali Orhant-Prioux; Yohendran Baskaran; Yosuke Senju; Shuichi Takeda; Phatcharin Chotchuang; Duangkamon Muengsaen; Albert Schulte; Edward Manser; Laurent Blanchoin; Robert C. Robinson

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03783-1

Communications Biology (Aug 2022)

Structural and biochemical evidence for the emergence of a calcium-regulated actin cytoskeleton prior to eukaryogenesis

Caner Akıl,
Linh T. Tran,
Magali Orhant-Prioux,
Yohendran Baskaran,
Yosuke Senju,
Shuichi Takeda,
Phatcharin Chotchuang,
Duangkamon Muengsaen,
Albert Schulte,
Edward Manser,
Laurent Blanchoin,
Robert C. Robinson

Affiliations

Caner Akıl: Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Biopolis
Linh T. Tran: Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science (RIIS), Okayama University
Magali Orhant-Prioux: CytomorphoLab, Biosciences & Biotechnology Institute of Grenoble, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, Université Grenoble-Alpes/CEA/CNRS/INRA
Yohendran Baskaran: Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Biopolis
Yosuke Senju: Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science (RIIS), Okayama University
Shuichi Takeda: Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science (RIIS), Okayama University
Phatcharin Chotchuang: School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BSE), Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC)
Duangkamon Muengsaen: School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BSE), Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC)
Albert Schulte: School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering (BSE), Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC)
Edward Manser: Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Biopolis
Laurent Blanchoin: CytomorphoLab, Biosciences & Biotechnology Institute of Grenoble, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire & Végétale, Université Grenoble-Alpes/CEA/CNRS/INRA
Robert C. Robinson: Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Biopolis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03783-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Calcium-regulated actin filament assembly predates eukaryogenesis and was present in the last common ancestor of Asgard archaea Loki, Heim, and Thorarchaeota.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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