By John Gribbin
ISBN-10: 0141042222
ISBN-13: 9780141042220
During this booklet, John Gribbin tells the tale of the folks who made technological know-how and the turbulent instances they lived in. in addition to well-known figures reminiscent of Copernicus, Darwin and Einstein, there also are the vague, the eccentric, even the mad. This diversecast comprises, between others, Andreas Vesalius, landmark 16th-century anatomist and mystery grave-robber; the fancy Galileo, accused of heresy for his rules; the obsessive, aggressive Newton, who wrote his competitors out of the background books; GregorMendel, the Moravian monk who based sleek genetics; and Louis Agassiz, so decided to end up the life of ice a while that he marched his colleagues up a mountain to teach them the proof.
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XL THE QUESTION OF REDUNDANCY IN ACTIN BINDING PROTEINS The huge number of ABPs in cells, and the high concentration at which some are present, may mean that an overprescription for actin-binding sites exists in cells, that is, there are more ABPs present than actin to bind them. , 1994). , transgelin and aldolase) in "physiological" salt concentrations are known to bind actin in cells (Pagliaro & 30 SUTHERLAND K. MACIVER Taylor, 1988), possibly through interactions with other ABPs. Another possible complication is that some ABPs are known to modulate the angular twist between subunits in the actin filament (Stokes & DeRosier, 1987), thereby altering (albeit subtly) the exposed surface of the actin filament, and concomitantly the type of ABP bound.
Sato, M. (1986). Characterization of alpha-actinin from Acantfiamoeba. Cell Mot. Cytoskel. 6, 649-661. G. (1994). Characterisation of the F-actin domains of villin: Classification of F-actin binding into two groups according to their binding sites on actin. FEBS Lett, (in press). C. B. (1991). Mbhl: A novel gelsolin/severin-related protein which binds actin in vitro and exhibits nuclear localization in vivo. EMBO J. 10, 757-766. D. (1993). Primary structure of Acanthamoeba actophorin. Biochemistry 32, 8525-8533.
This is not to say that all these interactions are explained totally by nonspecific charge interactions, since several lines of evidence point to the specificity of such interaction with at least some actin binding proteins. The interaction is especially convincing in the case of profilin, members of the gelsolin group, and a-actinin. , 1990). XL THE QUESTION OF REDUNDANCY IN ACTIN BINDING PROTEINS The huge number of ABPs in cells, and the high concentration at which some are present, may mean that an overprescription for actin-binding sites exists in cells, that is, there are more ABPs present than actin to bind them.
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