Vimentin promotes actin assembly by stabilizing ATP-actin subunits at the barbed end
Lilian Paty, Lukas Kalvoda, Maritzaida Varela Salgado, Quang D. Tran, Martin Lenz, Antoine G. Jegou, Guillaume Romet‐Lemonne, Cécile Leduc
This study shows vimentin promotes actin elongation by stabilizing ATP-actin subunits at the barbed end, and it enhances actin nucleation through a direct interaction with ATP-actin monomers.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Jul 6, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics