Myosin VI Must Dimerize and Deploy Its Unusual Lever Arm in Order to Perform Its Cellular Roles

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-helix (SAH) domain that has been proposed to function as part of a lever arm to amplify movements without impact on in...

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Main Authors: Monalisa Mukherjea, M. Yusuf Ali, Carlos Kikuti, Daniel Safer, Zhaohui Yang, Helena Sirkia, Virginie Ropars, Anne Houdusse, David M. Warshaw, H. Lee Sweeney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-09-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124714006251