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Myosin VI, an actin motor for membrane traffic and cell migration

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TRAFFIC
Volume 3, Issue 12, Pages 851-858

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0854.2002.31201.x

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actin; cell migration; endocytosis; Golgi complex; myosin VI

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The actin cytoskeleton and associated myosin motor proteins are essential for the transport and steady-state localization of vesicles and organelles and for the dynamic remodeling of the plasma membrane as well as for the maintenance of differentiated cell-surface structures. Myosin VI may be expected to have unique cellular functions, because it moves, unlike almost all other myosins, towards the minus end of actin laments. Localization and functional studies indicate that myosin VI plays a role in a variety of different intracellular processes, such as endocytosis and secretion as well as cell migration. These diverse functions of myosin VI are mediated by interaction with a range of different binding partners.

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