Holding back the microfilament-Structural insights into actin and the actin-monomer-binding proteins of apicomplexan parasites

The Phosphoproteomes of Plasmodium falciparum and Toxoplasma gondii Reveal Unusual Adaptations Within and Beyond the Parasites' Boundaries

(2011) Moritz Treeck et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Crystal Structures Explain Functional Differences in the Two Actin Depolymerization Factors of the Malaria Parasite

(2011) B. K. Singh et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Solution structure and dynamics of ADF from Toxoplasma gondii

(2011) Rahul Yadav et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Actin depolymerizing factor controls actin turnover and gliding motility in Toxoplasma gondii

(2011) Simren Mehta et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Minimal requirements for actin filament disassembly revealed by structural analysis of malaria parasite actin-depolymerizing factor 1

(2011) W. Wong et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Remodeling of actin filaments by ADF/cofilin proteins

(2011) V. E. Galkin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Global kinomic and phospho-proteomic analyses of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum

(2011) Lev Solyakov et al.   Nature Communications

Evolutionarily Divergent, Unstable Filamentous Actin Is Essential for Gliding Motility in Apicomplexan Parasites

(2011) Kristen M. Skillman et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Structure and Function of a G-actin Sequestering Protein with a Vital Role in Malaria Oocyst Development inside the Mosquito Vector

(2010) Marion Hliscs et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Malaria Parasite Actin Polymerization and Filament Structure

(2010) Stephan Schmitz et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structure-Based Analysis of Toxoplasma gondii Profilin: A Parasite-Specific Motif Is Required for Recognition by Toll-Like Receptor 11

(2010) Kaury Kucera et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

ADF/Cofilin: a functional node in cell biology

(2010) Barbara W. Bernstein et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Concerted Action of Two Formins in Gliding Motility and Host Cell Invasion by Toxoplasma gondii

(2010) Wassim Daher et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Profilin Interaction with Phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-Bisphosphate Destabilizes the Membrane of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles

(2009) Kannan Krishnan et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Toxoplasma gondii Actin Depolymerizing Factor Acts Primarily to Sequester G-actin

(2009) Simren Mehta et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Vital role for the Plasmodium actin capping protein (CP) beta-subunit in motility of malaria sporozoites

(2009) Markus Ganter et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Actin, a Central Player in Cell Shape and Movement

(2009) T. D. Pollard et al.   SCIENCE

A Malaria Parasite Formin Regulates Actin Polymerization and Localizes to the Parasite-Erythrocyte Moving Junction during Invasion

(2008) Jake Baum et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Toxoplasma Profilin Is Essential for Host Cell Invasion and TLR11-Dependent Induction of an Interleukin-12 Response

(2008) Fabienne Plattner et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Structure of the actin-depolymerizing factor homology domain in complex with actin

(2008) Ville O. Paavilainen et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Structural Basis for Parasite-Specific Functions of the Divergent Profilin of Plasmodium falciparum

(2008) Inari Kursula et al.   STRUCTURE