Myosin-5 varies its steps along the irregular F-actin track
Molecular motors employ chemical energy to generate unidirectional mechanical output against a track. By contrast to the majority of macroscopic machines, they need to navigate a chaotic cellular environment, potential disorder in the track and Brownian motion. Nevertheless, decades of nanometer-pre...
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| author | Fineberg, A Takagi, Y Thirumurugan, K Andrecka, J Billington, N Young, G Cole, D Burgess, SA Curd, AP Hammer, JA Sellers, JR Kukura, P Knight, PJ |
| author_facet | Fineberg, A Takagi, Y Thirumurugan, K Andrecka, J Billington, N Young, G Cole, D Burgess, SA Curd, AP Hammer, JA Sellers, JR Kukura, P Knight, PJ |
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| description | Molecular motors employ chemical energy to generate unidirectional mechanical output against a track. By contrast to the majority of macroscopic machines, they need to navigate a chaotic cellular environment, potential disorder in the track and Brownian motion. Nevertheless, decades of nanometer-precise optical studies suggest that myosin-5a, one of the prototypical molecular motors, takes uniform steps spanning 13 subunits (36 nm) along its F-actin track. Here, we use high-resolution interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy to reveal that myosin takes strides spanning 22 to 34 actin subunits, despite walking straight along the helical actin filament. We show that cumulative angular disorder in F-actin accounts for the observed proportion of each stride length, akin to crossing a river on variably-spaced stepping stones. Electron microscopy revealed the structure of the stepping molecule. Our results indicate that both motor and track are soft materials that can adapt to function in complex cellular conditions. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a304f95e-41f4-41c0-b036-2a3c3f6b50be2024-09-05T10:34:18ZMyosin-5 varies its steps along the irregular F-actin trackInternet publicationhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_7ad9uuid:a304f95e-41f4-41c0-b036-2a3c3f6b50beEnglishSymplectic Elements2023Fineberg, ATakagi, YThirumurugan, KAndrecka, JBillington, NYoung, GCole, DBurgess, SACurd, APHammer, JASellers, JRKukura, PKnight, PJMolecular motors employ chemical energy to generate unidirectional mechanical output against a track. By contrast to the majority of macroscopic machines, they need to navigate a chaotic cellular environment, potential disorder in the track and Brownian motion. Nevertheless, decades of nanometer-precise optical studies suggest that myosin-5a, one of the prototypical molecular motors, takes uniform steps spanning 13 subunits (36 nm) along its F-actin track. Here, we use high-resolution interferometric scattering (iSCAT) microscopy to reveal that myosin takes strides spanning 22 to 34 actin subunits, despite walking straight along the helical actin filament. We show that cumulative angular disorder in F-actin accounts for the observed proportion of each stride length, akin to crossing a river on variably-spaced stepping stones. Electron microscopy revealed the structure of the stepping molecule. Our results indicate that both motor and track are soft materials that can adapt to function in complex cellular conditions. |
| spellingShingle | Fineberg, A Takagi, Y Thirumurugan, K Andrecka, J Billington, N Young, G Cole, D Burgess, SA Curd, AP Hammer, JA Sellers, JR Kukura, P Knight, PJ Myosin-5 varies its steps along the irregular F-actin track |
| title | Myosin-5 varies its steps along the irregular F-actin track |
| title_full | Myosin-5 varies its steps along the irregular F-actin track |
| title_fullStr | Myosin-5 varies its steps along the irregular F-actin track |
| title_full_unstemmed | Myosin-5 varies its steps along the irregular F-actin track |
| title_short | Myosin-5 varies its steps along the irregular F-actin track |
| title_sort | myosin 5 varies its steps along the irregular f actin track |
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