Archaeal actin homologue Ta0583 is an active ATPase at physiological temperatures, which has a propensity to form filaments [1]. It has the core actin structure and is highly homologous to MreB and ParM from bacteria [1,2]. This entry represents the C-terminal actin-like domain [1,2].

1: Crystal structure of an archaeal actin homolog. Roeben A, Kofler C, Nagy I, Nickell S, Hartl FU, Bracher A; J Mol Biol. 2006;358:145-156. PMID:16500678

2: Structure and filament dynamics of the pSK41 actin-like ParM protein: implications for plasmid DNA segregation. Popp D, Xu W, Narita A, Brzoska AJ, Skurray RA, Firth N, Goshdastider U, Maeda Y, Robinson RC, Schumacher MA; J Biol Chem. 2010;285:10130-10140. PMID:20106979