Summary
The suggestion is put forward that the polymerisation and ATP-splitting in actin are independent processes and that perhaps fats and lipoids are concerned in ATP-actin binding. (A comparison is made between the strength of ATP-binding of different actins.)
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Prágay, D. Untersuchungen über Aktinpolymerisation. Experientia 14, 272–273 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02166991
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