basic FUNCTION
| blocking the elongation and depolymerization of the actin filaments at the pointed end |
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TMOD3-capped tropomyosin-actin filaments provide likely crucial links in the spectrin membrane skeleton of polarized epithelial cells, enabling the membrane skeleton to maintain cell shape |
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TMOD3 and TMOD4 compensate for the absence of TMOD1 structurally but not functionally |
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TMOD1-TMOD3 but not TMOD4 nucleate actin filament assembly |
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is an actin-capping protein that binds to the two tropomyosins (TM) at the pointed end of the actin filament to prevent further actin polymerization and depolymerization |
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is a protein that binds and caps the pointed ends of actin filaments in erythroid and nonerythoid cell types |
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novel function for TMOD3 in regulating actin remodeling or turnover in cells |
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regulation of actin polymerization by TMOD3 controls megakaryocyte actin organization and platelet biogenesis |
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TMOD1, TMOD2, TMOD3 regulates the length of actin filaments by capping the pointed ends in a tropomyosin (TM)-dependent manner |
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cap pointed ends of actin filaments and to be enriched in leading-edge ruffles and lamellipodia |