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Acanthamoeba

 
 
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Disease relevance of Acanthamoeba

 

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  • We have cloned the chickadee gene and found that cDNA clones encode a protein 40% identical to yeast and Acanthamoeba profilin [7].
  • Study of mutated yeast profilins and profilins from Acanthamoeba suggests that the ability of profilin to suppress cap- cells is dependent upon a property other than, or in addition to, its ability to bind actin [8].
  • Forms of RNA polymerase I prepared from growing or encysted Acanthamoeba are equal in the ability to transcribe poly(dl:dC) [9].
  • We describe the mechanical properties of a model system consisting of actin filaments and Acanthamoeba alpha-actinin, one of several actin crosslinking proteins found in amoeba and other cells [10].
  • Electron cryomicroscopy and three-dimensional reconstruction of Acanthamoeba castellanii and Saccharomyces cerevisiae Arp2/3 complexes bound to the WASp carboxy-terminal domain reveal asymmetric, oblate ellipsoids [11].
 

Chemical compound and disease context of Acanthamoeba

 

Biological context of Acanthamoeba

 

Anatomical context of Acanthamoeba

 

Associations of Acanthamoeba with chemical compounds

  • The actin-activated Mg(2+)-ATPase activities of Acanthamoeba myosins I are known to be maximally expressed only when a single threonine (myosin IA) or serine (myosins IB and IC) is phosphorylated by myosin I heavy chain kinase [26].
  • Identification of functional regions on the tail of Acanthamoeba myosin-II using recombinant fusion proteins. II. Assembly properties of tails with NH2- and COOH-terminal deletions [27].
  • Two Triton-insoluble fractions were isolated from Acanthamoeba castellanii [28].
  • Isolation and electrophoretic analysis of nucleoli, phenol-soluble nuclear proteins, and outer cyst walls from Acanthamoeba castellanii during encystation initiation [29].
  • Profilins bind to monomeric actin and also interact with ligands such as phosphoinositide 4,5-bisphosphate, the proline-rich protein VASP and a complex of four to six polypeptides identified in Acanthamoeba that includes two actin-related proteins [30].
 

Gene context of Acanthamoeba

 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Acanthamoeba

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