Myosin steps backwards

被引:10
作者
Schliwa, M [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Munich, Adolf Butenandt Inst, D-80336 Munich, Germany
关键词
D O I
10.1038/46692
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
All myosin motors move in the same direction — or so it was thought. The discovery of one form that acts in reverse sheds new light on the mechanics of these molecular motors.
引用
收藏
页码:431 / 432
页数:2
相关论文
共 15 条
[1]   Fifty ways to love your lever: Myosin motors [J].
Block, SM .
CELL, 1996, 87 (02) :151-157
[2]  
BLOOM GS, 1995, PROTEIN PROFILE, V2, P1109
[3]   The directional preference of kinesin motors is specified by an element outside of the motor catalytic domain [J].
Case, RB ;
Pierce, DW ;
HomBooher, N ;
Hart, CL ;
Vale, RD .
CELL, 1997, 90 (05) :959-966
[4]   Crystal structure of a vertebrate smooth muscle myosin motor domain and its complex with the essential light chain: Visualization of the pre-power stroke state [J].
Dominguez, R ;
Freyzon, Y ;
Trybus, KM ;
Cohen, C .
CELL, 1998, 94 (05) :559-571
[5]   Determinants of kinesin motor polarity [J].
Endow, SA ;
Waligora, KW .
SCIENCE, 1998, 281 (5380) :1200-1202
[6]   Reversal in the direction of movement of a molecular motor [J].
Henningsen, U ;
Schliwa, M .
NATURE, 1997, 389 (6646) :93-96
[7]   Atomic structure of scallop myosin subfragment S1 complexed with MgADP:: A novel conformation of the myosin head [J].
Houdusse, A ;
Kalbokis, VN ;
Himmel, D ;
Szent-Györgyi, AG ;
Cohen, C .
CELL, 1999, 97 (04) :459-470
[8]   Crystal structure of the kinesin motor domain reveals a structural similarity to myosin [J].
Kull, FJ ;
Sablin, EP ;
Lau, R ;
Fletterick, RJ ;
Vale, RD .
NATURE, 1996, 380 (6574) :550-555
[9]   TRANSPORT OF CYTOPLASMIC PARTICLES CATALYZED BY AN UNCONVENTIONAL MYOSIN IN LIVING DROSOPHILA EMBRYOS [J].
MERMALL, V ;
MCNALLY, JG ;
MILLER, KG .
NATURE, 1994, 369 (6481) :560-562
[10]   3-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF MYOSIN SUBFRAGMENT-1 - A MOLECULAR MOTOR [J].
RAYMENT, I ;
RYPNIEWSKI, WR ;
SCHMIDTBASE, K ;
SMITH, R ;
TOMCHICK, DR ;
BENNING, MM ;
WINKELMANN, DA ;
WESENBERG, G ;
HOLDEN, HM .
SCIENCE, 1993, 261 (5117) :50-58