Journal
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 65, Issue 14, Pages 2128-2137Publisher
SPRINGER BASEL AG
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-008-7435-5
Keywords
myosin I; actin; vertebrate
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute Funding Source: Medline
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Myosin I is a non-filamentous, single-headed, actin-binding motor protein and is present in a wide range of species from yeast to man. The role of these class I myosins have been studied extensively in simple eukaryotes, showing their role in diverse processes such as actin cytoskeleton organization, cell motility, and endocytosis. Recently, studies in metazoans have begun to reveal more specialized functions of myosin I. It will be a major challenge in the future to examine the physiological functions of each class I myosin in different cell types of metazoans.
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