Regulation of class V myosin |
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Authors: | Ning Zhang Lin-Lin Yao Xiang-dong Li |
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Affiliation: | 1.Group of Cell Motility and Muscle Contraction, State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China;2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing,China |
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Abstract: | Class V myosin (myosin-5) is a molecular motor that functions as an organelle transporter. The activation of myosin-5′s motor function has long been known to be associated with a transition from the folded conformation in the off-state to the extended conformation in the on-state, but only recently have we begun to understand the underlying mechanism. The globular tail domain (GTD) of myosin-5 has been identified as the inhibitory domain and has recently been shown to function as a dimer in regulating the motor function. The folded off-state of myosin-5 is stabilized by multiple intramolecular interactions, including head–GTD interactions, GTD–GTD interactions, and interactions between the GTD and the C-terminus of the first coiled-coil segment. Any cellular factor that affects these intramolecular interactions and thus the stability of the folded conformation of myosin-5 would be expected to regulate myosin-5 motor function. Both the adaptor proteins of myosin-5 and Ca2+ are potential regulators of myosin-5 motor function, because they can destabilize its folded conformation. A combination of these regulators provides a versatile scheme in regulating myosin-5 motor function in the cell. |
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