Myosin light chains: Teaching old dogs new tricks

SM Heissler, JR Sellers - Bioarchitecture, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The myosin holoenzyme is a multimeric protein complex consisting of heavy chains and light
chains. Myosin light chains are calmodulin family members which are crucially involved in …

Myosin-X: a MyTH-FERM myosin at the tips of filopodia

ML Kerber, RE Cheney - Journal of cell science, 2011 - journals.biologists.com
Myosin-X (Myo10) is an unconventional myosin with MyTH4-FERM domains that is best
known for its striking localization to the tips of filopodia and its ability to induce filopodia …

Myosin structure, allostery, and mechano-chemistry

M Preller, DJ Manstein - Structure, 2013 - cell.com
Aberrant actomyosin interactions contribute to a wide range of pathophysiological conditions
including heart failure, neurodegenerative disorders, and tumor growth. Despite surgical …

Motor domain phosphorylation increases nucleotide exchange and turns MYO6 into a faster and stronger motor

JJ de Jonge, A Graw, V Kargas, C Batters… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Myosin motors perform many fundamental functions in eukaryotic cells by providing force
generation, transport or tethering capacity. Motor activity control within the cell involves …

Structural basis of cargo recognition by unconventional myosins in cellular trafficking

J Li, Q Lu, M Zhang - Traffic, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Unconventional myosins are a superfamily of actin‐based molecular motors playing diverse
roles including cellular trafficking, mechanical supports, force sensing and transmission, etc …

The role of the interdomain interactions on RfaH dynamics and conformational transformation

JB Gc, BS Gerstman, PP Chapagain - The journal of physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
The transcription antiterminator RfaH has been shown to undergo major structural
rearrangements to perform multiple functions. Structural determination of the C-terminal …

Benchmarking adaptive steered molecular dynamics (ASMD) on charmm force fields

C Allen, HR Bureau, TD McGee Jr, S Quirk… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The potentials of mean force (PMFs) along the end‐to‐end distance of two different helical
peptides have been obtained and benchmarked using the adaptive steered molecular …

Molecular machines like myosin use randomness to behave predictably

P Karagiannis, Y Ishii, T Yanagida - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
We use machines to move, to lift, and to build. In a similar way, cells use machines to grow,
to reproduce, and to live. These machines play essential roles in cellular functions such as …

Myosin VI must dimerize and deploy its unusual lever arm in order to perform its cellular roles

M Mukherjea, MY Ali, C Kikuti, D Safer, Z Yang… - Cell reports, 2014 - cell.com
It is unclear whether the reverse-direction myosin (myosin VI) functions as a monomer or
dimer in cells and how it generates large movements on actin. We deleted a stable, single-α …

circ_0114866 promotes the progression and EMT of non-small cell lung cancer via miR-653-5p/MYL6B axis

J Sun, Z Zhang, B Xia, T Yao, F Ge, F Yan - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Background Non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most prevalent form of lung cancer.
Circular RNA (circRNA) has emerged as a key player in the development of NSCLC by …