| Chapter title |
Myosins: Domain Organisation, Motor Properties, Physiological Roles and Cellular Functions
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 29 |
| Book title |
The Actin Cytoskeleton
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| Published in |
Handbook of experimental pharmacology, October 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/164_2016_29 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-946369-8, 978-3-31-946371-1
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| Authors |
Masters, Thomas A, Kendrick-Jones, John, Buss, Folma, Masters, Thomas A., Thomas A. Masters, John Kendrick-Jones, Folma Buss |
| Editors |
Brigitte M. Jockusch |
| Abstract |
Myosins are cytoskeletal motor proteins that use energy derived from ATP hydrolysis to generate force and movement along actin filaments. Humans express 38 myosin genes belonging to 12 classes that participate in a diverse range of crucial activities, including muscle contraction, intracellular trafficking, cell division, motility, actin cytoskeletal organisation and cell signalling. Myosin malfunction has been implicated a variety of disorders including deafness, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Usher syndrome, Griscelli syndrome and cancer. In this chapter, we will first discuss the key structural and kinetic features that are conserved across the myosin family. Thereafter, we summarise for each member in turn its unique functional and structural adaptations, cellular roles and associated pathologies. Finally, we address the broad therapeutic potential for pharmacological interventions that target myosin family members. |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 8% |
| Researcher | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 10% |
| Unknown | 15 | 31% |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 4% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 4% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 12% |
| Unknown | 17 | 35% |