Structural highlights
Function
MYO6_PIG Myosins are actin-based motor molecules with ATPase activity. Unconventional myosins serve in intracellular movements. Myosin 6 is a reverse-direction motor protein that moves towards the minus-end of actin filaments. Has slow rate of actin-activated ADP release due to weak ATP binding. Functions in a variety of intracellular processes such as vesicular membrane trafficking and cell migration. Required for the structural integrity of the Golgi apparatus via the p53-dependent pro-survival pathway. Appears to be involved in a very early step of clathrin-mediated endocytosis in polarized epithelial cells. May act as a regulator of F-actin dynamics. May play a role in transporting DAB2 from the plasma membrane to specific cellular targets. Required for structural integrity of inner ear hair cells (By similarity).[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Myosin VI has an unexpectedly large swing of its lever arm (powerstroke) that optimizes its unique reverse direction movement. The basis for this is an unprecedented rearrangement of the subdomain to which the lever arm is attached, referred to as the converter. It is unclear at what point(s) in the myosin VI ATPase cycle rearrangements in the converter occur, and how this would effect lever arm position. We solved the structure of myosin VI with an ATP analogue (ADP.BeF3) bound in its nucleotide-binding pocket. The structure reveals that no rearrangement in the converter occur upon ATP binding. Based on previously solved myosin structures, our structure suggests that no reversal of the powerstroke occurs during detachment of myosin VI from actin. The structure also reveals novel features of the myosin VI motor that may be important in maintaining the converter conformation during detachment from actin, and other features that may promote rapid rearrangements in the structure following actin detachment that enable hydrolysis of ATP.
The post-rigor structure of myosin VI and implications for the recovery stroke.,Menetrey J, Llinas P, Cicolari J, Squires G, Liu X, Li A, Sweeney HL, Houdusse A EMBO J. 2008 Jan 9;27(1):244-52. Epub 2007 Nov 29. PMID:18046460[2]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Naccache SN, Hasson T. Myosin VI altered at threonine 406 stabilizes actin filaments in vivo. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton. 2006 Oct;63(10):633-45. PMID:16917816 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cm.20150
- ↑ Menetrey J, Llinas P, Cicolari J, Squires G, Liu X, Li A, Sweeney HL, Houdusse A. The post-rigor structure of myosin VI and implications for the recovery stroke. EMBO J. 2008 Jan 9;27(1):244-52. Epub 2007 Nov 29. PMID:18046460
