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Motor proteins, cellular motility Regulation of actin treadmilling

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04/10/2013<br />

Directionality<br />

• Track polarity: + and – ends <strong>of</strong> the <strong>actin</strong> filaments and the<br />

microtubules<br />

• <strong>Motor</strong>s move unidirectionally<br />

−<br />

−<br />

−<br />

myosin: toward the + end <strong>of</strong> micr<strong>of</strong>ilaments<br />

kinesin: toward the + end <strong>of</strong> microtubules<br />

dynein: toward the – end <strong>of</strong> microtubules<br />

Myosins<br />

• Actin-based motors<br />

• conventional myosins (myosin II – 1864: Wilhelm Kühne)<br />

• nonconventional myosins<br />

• Myosin families: myosin I-XVIII<br />

• Functions:<br />

− muscle contraction<br />

− cytokinesis<br />

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