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Title | Exploiting cryo-EM structures of actomyosin-5a to reveal the physical properties of its lever. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Structure, Vol. 32, Issue 12, Page 2316-22324.e6, Year 2024 |
Publish date | Dec 5, 2024 |
![]() | Molly S C Gravett / David P Klebl / Oliver G Harlen / Daniel J Read / Stephen P Muench / Sarah A Harris / Michelle Peckham / ![]() |
PubMed Abstract | Myosin 5a (Myo5a) is a dimeric processive motor protein that transports cellular cargos along filamentous actin (F-actin). Its long lever is responsible for its large power-stroke, step size, and ...Myosin 5a (Myo5a) is a dimeric processive motor protein that transports cellular cargos along filamentous actin (F-actin). Its long lever is responsible for its large power-stroke, step size, and load-bearing ability. Little is known about the levers' structure and physical properties, and how they contribute to walking mechanics. Using cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, we resolved the structure of monomeric Myo5a, comprising the motor domain and full-length lever, bound to F-actin. The range of its lever conformations revealed its physical properties, how stiffness varies along its length and predicts a large, 35 nm, working stroke. Thus, the newly released trail head in a dimeric Myo5a would only need to perform a small diffusive search for its new binding site on F-actin, and stress would only be generated across the dimer once phosphate is released from the lead head, revealing new insight into the walking behavior of Myo5a. |
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Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 4.2 - 10.7 Å |
Structure data | ![]() EMDB-16846: Cryo-EM structure of actomyosin-5a-S1 with the full-length lever (nucleotide free, class A) ![]() EMDB-16848: Cryo-EM structure of actomyosin-5a-S1 with the full-length lever (nucleotide free, class B) ![]() EMDB-16849: Cryo-EM structure of actomyosin-5a-S1 with the full-length lever (nucleotide free, class C) EMDB-16850: Cryo-EM structure of actomyosin-5a-S1 with the full-length lever (nucleotide free, class D) ![]() EMDB-16851: Cryo-EM structure of actomyosin-5a-S1 with the full-length lever (nucleotide free, class E) ![]() EMDB-16852: Cryo-EM structure of actomyosin-5a-S1 with the full-length lever (nucleotide free, class G) ![]() EMDB-16853: Cryo-EM structure of actomyosin-5a-S1 with the full-length lever (nucleotide free, class F) ![]() EMDB-16854: Cryo-EM structure of actomyosin-5a-S1 with the full-length lever (nucleotide free, class H) ![]() EMDB-16855: Cryo-EM structure of actomyosin-5a-S1 with the full-length lever (nucleotide free, class I) ![]() EMDB-16856: Cryo-EM structure of actomyosin-5a-S1(nucleotide free, motor + 2IQ) |
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![]() | MOTOR PROTEIN / myosin / cytoskeletal motor / myosin-va / myo5a / myosin-5a / S1 / rigor / nucleotide free / apo / lever / 6IQ / actomyosin / actomyosin-5a / actin / actomyosin-va / actin bound |