Abstract
Myosin Minireview Series
Highlights
It was initially thought that detailed studies of contractile proteins from striated muscles would provide a basis for understanding many nonmuscle contractile and motility events because conventional myosins were found in most eukaryotic cells (14)
Chain subunit by a dedicated Ca2ϩ/calmodulin-dependent myosin light chain kinase, which markedly increases actin-activated myosin ATPase activity (19, 20). Another hint of differences in the myosin motor family came from the observation that Acanthamoeba contained a small, singleheaded myosin (21)
The myosin head or motor domain is highly conserved, which contributed to the successful hunt for new myosin motors by the polymerase chain reaction
Summary
It was initially thought that detailed studies of contractile proteins from striated muscles would provide a basis for understanding many nonmuscle contractile and motility events because conventional myosins were found in most eukaryotic cells (14). * These minireviews will be reprinted in the 1996 Minireview Compendium, which will be available in December, 1996. Chain subunit by a dedicated Ca2ϩ/calmodulin-dependent myosin light chain kinase, which markedly increases actin-activated myosin ATPase activity (19, 20). Another hint of differences in the myosin motor family came from the observation that Acanthamoeba contained a small, singleheaded myosin (21).
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