Phenomenological model of motility by spatiotemporal modulation of active interactions by Dominik Schildknecht, Matt Thomson

“…Recent experiments achieved self-organized transport phenomena in microtubule active matter using light to modulate motor-protein activity in time and space. Here, we introduce a novel phenomenological model to explain such experiments. …”
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Identification and characterization of an unusual class I myosin involved in vesicle traffic in Trypanosoma brucei. by Diana Spitznagel, John F O'Rourke, Neal Leddy, Orla Hanrahan, Derek P Nolan

“…Myosins are a multimember family of motor proteins with diverse functions in eukaryotic cells. …”
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Myosin XI is required for actin-associated movement of plastid stromules. by Natesan, S, Sullivan, J, Gray, J

“…Experiments with inhibitors of cytoskeleton assembly have indicated the involvement of an actin-based system in stromule movement. However, the motor protein associated with the system had not been identified. …”

Cenp-meta is required for sustained spindle checkpoint by Thomas Rubin, Roger E. Karess, Zohra Rahmani

“…Cenp-E is a kinesin-like motor protein required for efficient end-on attachment of kinetochores to the spindle microtubules. …”
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Mud binds the kinesin-14 Ncd in Drosophila by Vincent Cutillas, Christopher A. Johnston

“…Our results describe an interaction between two spindle-associated proteins and suggest a potentially new mode of minus-end motor protein regulation at mitotic spindle poles.…”
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Common mechanisms underlying axonal transport deficits in neurodegenerative diseases: a mini review by Xiaoman Yang, Zhuoran Ma, Piaopiao Lian, Yan Xu, Xuebing Cao

“…The mechanisms can be summarized as follows: (1) motor protein changes including expression levels and post-translational modification alteration; (2) changes in microtubules including reducing stability and disrupting tracks; (3) changes in cargoes including diminished binding to motor proteins. …”
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KIF13B establishes a CAV1-enriched microdomain at the ciliary transition zone to promote Sonic hedgehog signalling by Kenneth B. Schou, Johanne B. Mogensen, Stine K. Morthorst, Brian S. Nielsen, Aiste Aleliunaite, Andrea Serra-Marques, Nicoline Fürstenberg, Sophie Saunier, Albane A. Bizet, Iben R. Veland, Anna Akhmanova, Søren T. Christensen, Lotte B. Pedersen

“…Here the authors identify the kinesin-3 motor protein KIF13B as a regulator of TZ membrane composition that controls the ciliary accumulation of Smoothened, which is involved in activation of Sonic hedgehog signalling.…”
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Intra-bundle contractions enable extensile properties of active actin networks by P. Bleicher, T. Nast-Kolb, A. Sciortino, Y. A. de la Trobe, T. Pokrant, J. Faix, A. R. Bausch

“…We reconstituted a minimal cortex adhered to a model cell membrane mimicking two processes mediated by the motor protein myosin: contractility and high turnover of actin monomers. …”
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IIb or not IIb? Regulation of myosin heavy chain gene expression in mice and men by Harrison Brooke C, Allen David L, Leinwand Leslie A

“…<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>While the myosin heavy chain IIb isoform (MyHC-IIb) is the predominant motor protein in most skeletal muscles of rats and mice, the messenger RNA (mRNA) for this isoform is only expressed in a very small subset of specialized muscles in adult large mammals, including humans.…”
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Miro1 depletion disrupts spatial distribution of mitochondria and leads to oocyte maturation defects by In-Won Lee, Deepak Adhikari, John Carroll

“…Mitochondria remain capable of long-range trafficking during maturation, indicating redundancy in the mechanisms coupling mitochondria to motor proteins. Polar body extrusion in the absence of MIRO1 was reduced by approximately 20%. …”
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Analysis of mitochondrial organization and function in the Drosophila blastoderm embryo by Sayali Chowdhary, Darshika Tomer, Dnyanesh Dubal, Devashree Sambre, Richa Rikhy

“…We find that mitochondria are relatively small, dispersed and distinctly distributed along the apico-basal axis in proximity to microtubules by motor protein transport. Live imaging, photobleaching and photoactivation analyses of mitochondrially targeted GFP show that they are mobile in the apico-basal axis along microtubules and are immobile in the lateral plane thereby associating with one syncytial cell. …”
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Mechanisms of Spindle Positioning: Lessons from Worms and Mammalian Cells by Sachin Kotak

“…In metazoans, the key players that regulate proper spindle positioning are the actin-rich cell cortex and associated proteins, the ternary complex (G&#945;/GPR-1/2/LIN-5 in <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>, G&#945;i/Pins/Mud in <i>Drosophila</i> and G&#945;i_1-3/LGN/NuMA in humans), minus-end-directed motor protein dynein and the cortical machinery containing myosin. …”
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Building KiMoSin : design requirements for kinetic interfaces in protein education by Brown, Ashlie (Ashlie M.)

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RNAi screen for proteasome and cytoskeletal proteins affecting dendrite remodeling during drosophila metamorphosis. by Tan, Chyi Lin.

“…This indicates that the proteasome is involved in downstream event of EcR signaling during dendrite remodeling. The RNAi of a motor protein (Unc-104) showed abnormal dendrite morphology and pruning defect at white pupa stage and 18 hr APF respectively. …”
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To study yeast actin cytoskeleton involved in endocytosis and actin cable using optigenetics by Jebarani, Jebamony Jasmin

“…On the other hand, actin cable plays vital role in transporting the cargo into and within the cell with the help of motor protein called Myo2. Actin cables are nucleated by formins called Bni1 and Bnr1. …”
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Spontaneous rotation of active droplets in two and three dimensions by Nejad, MR, Yeomans, JM

“…We compare our results on rotation in two-dimensional droplets with experiments on microtubule and motor protein suspensions and find a critical radius approximately equal to&nbsp;<span tabindex="0">700&micro;m</span>, above which the spontaneous rotation gives way to active turbulence. …”

The toxoplasma Acto-MyoA motor complex is important but not essential for gliding motility and host cell invasion by Egarter, S, Andenmatten, N, Jackson, A, Whitelaw, J, Pall, G, Black, J, Ferguson, D, Tardieux, I, Mogilner, A, Meissner, M

“…Recent studies demonstrated that Toxoplasma gondii can invade the host cell in the absence of several core components of the invasion machinery, such as the motor protein myosin A (MyoA), the microneme proteins MIC2 and AMA1 and actin, indicating the presence of alternative invasion mechanisms. …”

Snapin promotes HIV‐1 transmission from dendritic cells by dampening TLR8 signaling by Khatamzas, E, Hipp, M, Gaughan, D, Pichulik, T, Leslie, A, Fernandes, R, Muraro, D, Booth, S, Zausmer, K, Sun, M, Kessler, B, Rowland-Jones, S, Cerundolo, V, Simmons, A

“…A secondary siRNA screen of the identified signaling factors revealed several new mediators of HIV-1 trans-infection of CD4+ T cells in DCs, including the dynein motor protein Snapin. Inhibition of Snapin enhanced localization of HIV-1 with TLR8+ early endosomes, triggered a pro-inflammatory response, and inhibited trans-infection of CD4+ T cells. …”

Extrusion without a motor: a new take on the loop extrusion model of genome organization by Brackley, CA, Johnson, J, Michieletto, D, Morozov, AN, Nicodemi, M, Cook, PR, Marenduzzo, D

“…However, the model requires a motor to generate the loops, and although cohesin is a strong candidate for the extruding factor, a suitable motor protein (or a motor activity in cohesin itself) has yet to be found. …”

In Vitro Interaction of the Housekeeping SecA1 with the Accessory SecA2 Protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. by Irfan Prabudiansyah, Ilja Kusters, Arnold J M Driessen

“…The majority of proteins that are secreted across the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane leave the cell via the Sec pathway, which in its minimal form consists of the dimeric ATP-driven motor protein SecA that associates with the protein-conducting membrane pore SecYEG. …”
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