Estimated actin concentration in the cytoplasm including all the organelles

Value 8.7 μM
Organism Fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Reference Kamasaki T, Osumi M, Mabuchi I. Three-dimensional arrangement of F-actin in the contractile ring of fission yeast. J Cell Biol. 2007 Aug 27 178(5):765-71. p.767 right column bottom paragraphPubMed ID17724118
Primary Source Takaine M, Mabuchi I. Properties of actin from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe and interaction with fission yeast profilin. J Biol Chem. 2007 Jul 27 282(30):21683-94PubMed ID17533155
Comments "The actin concentration in the cytoplasm including all the organelles in the wild-type fission yeast cells has recently been estimated to be 8.7 µM (primary source)..."
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