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Myosins are a large family of actin-based motor proteins that are involved in a variety of cellular processes. Class II, or conventional, myosins are organized into a number of multi-component structures such as muscle thick filaments, non-muscle filaments and the actomyosin ring during cell division. A number of conditions must be met for the proper assembly and organization of myosin II-containing structures, including the correct stoichiometry of myosin and its associated proteins, and the conformation and regulation of the myosin molecule itself by molecular chaperones and protein kinases. In this review we discuss the use of model organisms in the genetic analysis of the assembly and organization of myosin-containing structures. 相似文献
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Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of myosin genes from Arabidopsis thaliana and electron microscopic observation of a myosin from characean alga have revealed that overall structure of plant unconventional
myosins is similar to that of the class V myosins. These plant unconventional myosins have two heads, a coiled-coil tail of
varied length and a globular tail piece at the end. The tail piece is probably a site for membrane interaction. Characean
myosin is of special interest because it can translocate actin filaments at a velocity several times faster than muscle myosin,
which must have evolved to support the quick movement of animals in the struggle for their lives. 相似文献
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Myosin is an essential component of cardiac muscle, from the onset of cardiogenesis through to the adult heart. Although traditionally known for its role in energy transduction and force development, recent studies suggest that both myosin heavy-chain and myosin light-chain proteins are required for a correctly formed heart. Myosins are structural proteins that are not only expressed from early stages of heart development, but when mutated in humans they may give rise to congenital heart defects. This review will discuss the roles of myosin, specifically with regards to the developing heart. The expression of each myosin protein will be described, and the effects that altering expression has on the heart in embryogenesis in different animal models will be discussed. The human molecular genetics of the myosins will also be reviewed. 相似文献
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Myosin I is a non-filamentous, single-headed, actin-binding motor protein and is present in a wide range of species from yeast to man. The role of these class I myosins have been studied extensively in simple eukaryotes, showing their role in diverse processes such as actin cytoskeleton organization, cell motility, and endocytosis. Recently, studies in metazoans have begun to reveal more specialized functions of myosin I. It will be a major challenge in the future to examine the physiological functions of each class I myosin in different cell types of metazoans. 相似文献
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Sophisticated molecular genetic, biochemical and biophysical studies have been used to probe the molecular mechanism of actomyosin-based motility. Recent solution measurements, high-resolution structures of recombinant myosin motor domains, and lower resolution structures of the complex formed by filamentous actin and the myosin motor domain provide detailed insights into the mechanism of chemomechanical coupling in the actomyosin system. They show how small conformational changes are amplified by a lever-arm mechanism to a working stroke of several nanometres, explain the mechanism that governs the directionality of actin-based movement, and reveal a communication pathway between the nucleotide binding pocket and the actin-binding region that explains the reciprocal relationship between actin and nucleotide affinity. Here we focus on the interacting elements in the actomyosin system and the communication pathways in the myosin motor domain that respond to actin binding.Received 12 January 2005; received after revision 4 March 2005; accepted 23 March 2005 相似文献
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Images, calculated from electron micrographs, show the three-dimensional structures of microtubules and tubulin sheets decorated stoichiometrically with motor protein molecules. Dimeric motor domains (heads) of kinesin and ncd, the kinesin-related protein that moves in the reverse direction, each appeared to bind to tubulin in the same way, by one of their two heads. The second heads show an interesting difference in position that seems to be related to the directions of movement of the two motors. X-ray crystallographic results showing the structures of kinesin and ncd to be very similar at atomic resolution, and homologous also to myosin, suggest that the two motor families may use mechanisms that have much in common. Nevertheless, myosins and kinesins differ kinetically. Also, whereas conformational changes in the myosin catalytic domain are amplified by a long lever arm that connects it to the stalk domain, kinesin and ncd do not appear to possess a structure with a similar function but may rely on biased diffusion in order to move along microtubules. 相似文献
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The diversity of molecular motors: an overview 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Rapid progress has recently been made in the identification and characterization of a large number of kinesin and myosin
motor proteins. Recent work has uncovered roles for these motors in processes such as vesicle trafficking, cytoskeletal organization,
and chromosome movements, to name a few. A series of reviews describing some of the significant advances in our understanding
of the structure and function of myosins and kinesins is presented. 相似文献
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Summary A.T.P. has no influence upon the solubility of the myosins, but it hastens the dissociation of the myosin complexes inside of the myofibrils.The decrease in solubility of the myosins in stimulated muscles cannot be explained by a lack of A.T.P., for the addition of A.T.P. (0.3%) to the extract does not change the amount of myosin which goes into solution. 相似文献
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Rajalakshmi Nambiar Russell E. McConnell Matthew J. Tyska 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2010,67(8):1239-1254
Cells build plasma membrane protrusions supported by parallel bundles of F-actin to enable a wide variety of biological functions,
ranging from motility to host defense. Filopodia, microvilli and stereocilia are three such protrusions that have been the
focus of intense biological and biophysical investigation in recent years. While it is evident that actin dynamics play a
significant role in the formation of these organelles, members of the myosin superfamily have also been implicated as key
players in the maintenance of protrusion architecture and function. Based on a simple analysis of the physical forces that
control protrusion formation and morphology, as well as our review of available data, we propose that myosins play two general
roles within these structures: (1) as cargo transporters to move critical regulatory components toward distal tips and (2)
as mediators of membrane-cytoskeleton adhesion. 相似文献
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The pink muscle of the carp differs from the white (and red) muscle not only histochemically but also in its myosin isoform, as shown by peptide maps of the myosin heavy chains. Results of an electrophoretic analysis of myosins are discussed in the light of their immunohistochemical properties and histochemical ATPase activity. 相似文献
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Summary The pink muscle of the carp differs from the white (and red) muscle not only histochemically but also in its myosin isoform, as shown by peptide maps of the myosin heavy chains. Results of an electrophoretic analysis of myosins are discussed in the light of their immunohistochemical properties and histochemical ATPase activity.Work supported by the M.P.I. (40%). 相似文献
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Myosin V from head to tail 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Trybus KM 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2008,65(9):1378-1389
Myosin V (myoV), a processive cargo transporter, has arguably been the most well-studied unconventional myosin of the past
decade. Considerable structural information is available for the motor domain, the IQ motifs with bound calmodulin or light
chains, and the cargo-binding globular tail, all of which have been crystallized. The repertoire of adapter proteins that
link myoV to a particular cargo is becoming better understood, enabling cellular transport processes to be dissected. MyoV
is processive, meaning that it takes many steps on actin filaments without dissociating. Its extended lever arm results in
long 36-nm steps, making it ideal for single molecule studies of processive movement. In addition, electron microscopy revealed
the structure of the inactive, folded conformation of myoV when it is not transporting cargo. This review provides a background
on myoV, and highlights recent discoveries that show why myoV will continue to be an active focus of investigation.
Received 31 October 2007; received after revision 4 December 2007; accepted 2 January 2008 相似文献
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John C. Deacon Marieke J. Bloemink Heresh Rezavandi Michael A. Geeves Leslie A. Leinwand 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2012,69(24):4239-4255
The myosin isoform composition of the heart is dynamic in health and disease and has been shown to affect contractile velocity and force generation. While different mammalian species express different proportions of α and β myosin heavy chain, healthy human heart ventricles express these isoforms in a ratio of about 1:9 (α:β) while failing human ventricles express no detectable α-myosin. We report here fast-kinetic analysis of recombinant human α and β myosin heavy chain motor domains. This represents the first such analysis of any human muscle myosin motor and the first of α-myosin from any species. Our findings reveal substantial isoform differences in individual kinetic parameters, overall contractile character, and predicted cycle times. For these parameters, α-subfragment 1 (S1) is far more similar to adult fast skeletal muscle myosin isoforms than to the slow β isoform despite 91% sequence identity between the motor domains of α- and β-myosin. Among the features that differentiate α- from β-S1: the ATP hydrolysis step of α-S1 is ~ten-fold faster than β-S1, α-S1 exhibits ~five-fold weaker actin affinity than β-S1, and actin·α-S1 exhibits rapid ADP release, which is >ten-fold faster than ADP release for β-S1. Overall, the cycle times are ten-fold faster for α-S1 but the portion of time each myosin spends tightly bound to actin (the duty ratio) is similar. Sequence analysis points to regions that might underlie the basis for this finding. 相似文献
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Deacon JC Bloemink MJ Rezavandi H Geeves MA Leinwand LA 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2012,69(13):2261-2277
The myosin isoform composition of the heart is dynamic in health and disease and has been shown to affect contractile velocity and force generation. While different mammalian species express different proportions of α and β myosin heavy chain, healthy human heart ventricles express these isoforms in a ratio of about 1:9 (α:β) while failing human ventricles express no detectable α-myosin. We report here fast-kinetic analysis of recombinant human α and β myosin heavy chain motor domains. This represents the first such analysis of any human muscle myosin motor and the first of α-myosin from any species. Our findings reveal substantial isoform differences in individual kinetic parameters, overall contractile character, and predicted cycle times. For these parameters, α-subfragment 1 (S1) is far more similar to adult fast skeletal muscle myosin isoforms than to the slow β isoform despite 91% sequence identity between the motor domains of α- and β-myosin. Among the features that differentiate α- from β-S1: the ATP hydrolysis step of α-S1 is ~ten-fold faster than β-S1, α-S1 exhibits ~five-fold weaker actin affinity than β-S1, and actin·α-S1 exhibits rapid ADP release, which is >ten-fold faster than ADP release for β-S1. Overall, the cycle times are ten-fold faster for α-S1 but the portion of time each myosin spends tightly bound to actin (the duty ratio) is similar. Sequence analysis points to regions that might underlie the basis for this finding. 相似文献
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The myosin-V family is the most extensively studied of the unconventional myosin families. Most organisms examined have at least one member of the myosin-V family: many have multiple members. The wide range of species in which myosin-V has been identified suggests that myosin-V is a fundamental component of organelle transport in all higher eukaryotes. Possible cargoes for myosin-V range from melanosomes and synaptic vesicles in mammals to vacuoles and messenger RNA in yeast. In this review, we discuss the current state of research on the cellular function of myosin-V as described by the actions of the head, neck and tail domains. 相似文献
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Adrenal medullary and retinal myosins formed bipolar filaments in vitro. These filaments showed features suggesting flexibility in the rod region of the myosin molecules composing such filaments; in certain cases the myosin heads spread away from the filament backbone, in others the backbone itself was twisted. In addition the bare central backbone showed transverse striations. 相似文献
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Summary Sedimentation and diffusion coefficients, partial specific volume, intrinsic viscosity, ATP-ase activity and molecular weight of cardiac myosin from calf hearts were determined. The values agree well with the results ofMueller et al.4 for cardiac myosin of the dog, and are not essentially different from values reported for skeletal myosins.1
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RAGE is a multiligand receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily: implications for homeostasis and chronic disease 总被引:19,自引:0,他引:19
Bucciarelli LG Wendt T Rong L Lalla E Hofmann MA Goova MT Taguchi A Yan SF Yan SD Stern DM Schmidt AM 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2002,59(7):1117-1128
Receptor for AGE (RAGE) is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily that engages distinct classes of ligands. The biology of RAGE is driven by the settings in which these ligands accumulate, such as diabetes, inflammation, neurodegenerative disorders and tumors. In this review, we discuss the context of each of these classes of ligands, including advance glycation end-products, amyloid beta peptide and the family of beta sheet fibrils, S100/calgranulins and amphoterin. Implications for the role of these ligands interacting with RAGE in homeostasis and disease will be considered. 相似文献
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McTaggart SJ 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2006,63(3):255-267
Isoprenoids are synthesized in all living organisms and are incorporated into diverse classes of end-products that participate
in a multitude of cellular processes relating to cell growth, differentiation, cytoskeletal function and vesicle trafficking.
In humans, the non-sterol isoprenoids, farnesyl pyrophosphate and geranylgeranyl-pyrophosphate, are synthesized via the mevalonate
pathway and are covalently added to members of the small G protein superfamily. Isoprenylated proteins have key roles in membrane
attachment and protein functionality, have been shown to have a central role in some cancers and are likely also to be involved
in the pathogenesis and progression of atherosclerosis and Alzheimer disease. This review details current knowledge on the
biosynthesis of isoprenoids, their incorporation into proteins by the process known as prenylation and the complex regulatory
network that controls these proteins. An improved understanding of these processe is likely to lead to the development of
novel therapies that will have important implications for human health and disease.
Received 5 July 2005; received after revision 17 October 2005; accepted 22 October 2005 相似文献