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Clan: ADF (CL0092)

Summary

Actin depolymerizing Factor Add an annotation

For motile cells such as Amoeba to move, there must be the rapid recycling of their actin cytoskeleton to enable a dynamic change in their shape. Gelsolin (PFAM:PF00626) and Cofilin (PFAM:PF00241) are two key domain families in this process. Both of these domain are structural and functional similar [1,2]. In particular, the beta sheet found at the core of the domain is structurally well conserved, with the helices that surround this sheet less conserved[2].

This clan contains 2 families and the total number of domains in the clan is 54406. The clan was built by RD Finn.

Literature references

  1. Southwick FS; , Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000;97:6936-6938.: Gelsolin and ADF/cofilin enhance the actin dynamics of motile cells. PUBMED:10860951 EPMC:10860951
  2. Hatanaka H, Ogura K, Moriyama K, Ichikawa S, Yahara I, Inagaki F; , Cell 1996;85:1047-1055.: Tertiary structure of destrin and structural similarity between two actin-regulating protein families. PUBMED:8674111 EPMC:8674111

Members

This clan contains the following 2 member families:

Cofilin_ADF Gelsolin

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Domain organisation

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Alignments

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Pfam family Num. domains Alignment
Gelsolin (PF00626) 40966 (75.3%) View
Cofilin_ADF (PF00241) 13440 (24.7%) View
Total: 2 Total: 54406 Clan alignment
 

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Family relationships

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Species distribution

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Structures

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