Fig. 8. Current model.
Schematic of filopodial actin bundle in a rigid (a) and flexible (b) state. As cofilactin filaments permeate the fascin-linked region of the filament, they competitively dislodge fascin cross-linkers and increase the flexibility of filopodial bundles. In the proximal region of the bundles, cofilactin filaments prevail and are cross-linked through either cofilin oligomers/self-association or by some, as of yet, unknown cross-linker.