Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Molecular mechanism of Arp2/3 complex inhibition by Arpin

  • Fred E. Fregoso,
  • Trevor van Eeuwen,
  • Gleb Simanov,
  • Grzegorz Rebowski,
  • Malgorzata Boczkowska,
  • Austin Zimmet,
  • Alexis M. Gautreau,
  • Roberto Dominguez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28112-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The Arp2/3 complex inhibitor Arpin controls cell migration by interrupting a feedback loop involving Rac-WAVE-Arp2/3 complex Here, the authors use structural, biochemical, and cellular studies to reveal Arpin’s mechanism of inhibition.