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Actin,

basic building block of microfilaments extraordinarily well conserved among eukaryotes.

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Actin exists as: 

a globular monomer -G-actin 

a filamentous polymer- F-actin

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3 isoforms of actin-

α - expressed only in muscle cells

β and γ - found together in almost all non-muscle cells

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Each actin subunit (globular or G-actin) is a 375-amino-acid polypeptide contains a Mg+2 ion complexed with either ATP or ADP

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#Unit 2. Cellular Organization

Actin can reversibly assemble into filaments that consist of two helices of actin subunits

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Persistence length,

minimum filament length at which random thermal fluctuations are likely to cause it to bend.