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Loss of Motor Protein MYO1C Causes Rhodopsin Mislocalization and Results in Impaired Visual Function [PDF]
Cells, 2021 Unconventional myosins, linked to deafness, are also proposed to play a role in retinal cell physiology. However, their direct role in photoreceptor function remains unclear.
Ashish K. Solanki +11 more
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Agl, the multitasking motor protein. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2013 ItIt slices, it dices, it cleans the kitchen sink. We've all heard of—and hailed the ingenious efficiency of—devices that perform more than one function. But humans don't have the corner on that market. A team led by Tâm Mignot and Morgane Wartel recently discovered that when the going gets rough, a common soil-inhabiting bacterium, Myxococcus xanthus,
Mary Hoff
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Temporal Patterns of Angular Displacement of Endosomes: Insights into Motor Protein Exchange Dynamics [PDF]
Advanced ScienceThe material transport system, facilitated by motor proteins, plays a vital role in maintaining a non‐equilibrium cellular state. However, understanding the temporal coordination of motor protein activity requires an advanced imaging technique capable of
Siwoo Jin +6 more
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The crowding dynamics of the motor protein kinesin-II. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 Intraflagellar transport (IFT) in C. elegans chemosensory cilia is an example of functional coordination and cooperation of two motor proteins with distinct motility properties operating together in large groups to transport cargoes: a fast and ...
Vandana S Kushwaha +5 more
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Gliding Assay to Analyze Microtubule-based Motor Protein Dynamics [PDF]
Bio-Protocol, 2017 The purpose of this protocol is to provide an updated method of performing microtubule gliding assays and visualizing it using fluorescence microscopy.
Albert Shim +3 more
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Unconventional Myosins from Caenorhabditis elegans as a Probe to Study Human Orthologues
Biomolecules, 2022 Unconventional myosins are a superfamily of actin-based motor proteins that perform a number of roles in fundamental cellular processes, including (but not limited to) intracellular trafficking, cell motility, endocytosis, exocytosis and cytokinesis.
Chloe A Johnson +2 more
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Biology Open, 2021 One of the main functions of physiological color change is thermoregulation. This change occurs much more rapidly than morphological color change, but the underlying mechanism remains poorly understood.
Kun Guo +5 more
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Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology, 2018 Myosin motors power movements on actin filaments, whereas dynein and kinesin motors power movements on microtubules. The mechanisms of these motor proteins differ, but, in all cases, ATP hydrolysis and subsequent release of the hydrolysis products drives a cycle of interactions with the track (either an actin filament or a microtubule), resulting in ...
H Lee, Sweeney, Erika L F, Holzbaur
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Nde1 and Ndel1: Outstanding Mysteries in Dynein-Mediated Transport
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 Cytoplasmic dynein-1 (dynein) is the primary microtubule minus-end directed molecular motor in most eukaryotes. As such, dynein has a broad array of functions that range from driving retrograde-directed cargo trafficking to forming and focusing the ...
Sharon R. Garrott +4 more
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A mathematical understanding of how cytoplasmic dynein walks on microtubules [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Cytoplasmic dynein 1 (hereafter referred to simply as dynein) is a dimeric motor protein that walks and transports intracellular cargos towards the minus end of microtubules. In this article, we formulate, based on physical principles, a mechanical model
L. Trott +2 more
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