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Motor proteins: myosin mechanosensors.

Abstract

Mechanosensation is emerging as a general principle of myosin motors. As demonstrated in a recent study, the single-headed myosin I molecule is an exquisite mechanosensor, able to sense strain over a very small force range.

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Year: 2008 PMID： 18812080 DOI： 10.1016/j.cub.2008.07.071

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Curr Biol ISSN： 0960-9822 Impact factor: 10.834

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Review 2. Atomic force microscopy - looking at mechanosensors on the cell surface.

Authors: Jürgen J Heinisch; Peter N Lipke; Audrey Beaussart; Sofiane El Kirat Chatel; Vincent Dupres; David Alsteens; Yves F Dufrêne
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3. Non-muscle myosin II induces disassembly of actin stress fibres independently of myosin light chain dephosphorylation.

Authors: Tsubasa S Matsui; Roland Kaunas; Makoto Kanzaki; Masaaki Sato; Shinji Deguchi
Journal: Interface Focus Date: 2011-08-03 Impact factor: 3.906

Motor proteins: myosin mechanosensors.

Review 1. Force to divide: structural and mechanical requirements for actomyosin ring contraction.

Review 2. Atomic force microscopy - looking at mechanosensors on the cell surface.

3. Non-muscle myosin II induces disassembly of actin stress fibres independently of myosin light chain dephosphorylation.

4. Early events in helix unfolding under external forces: a milestoning analysis.

5. Beam finite-element model of a molecular motor for the simulation of active fibre networks.

6. Mechanical tension drives cell membrane fusion.

7. 14-3-3 proteins tune non-muscle myosin II assembly.

8. Control of myosin-I force sensing by alternative splicing.

9. Myosin II dynamics are regulated by tension in intercalating cells.

10. Mechanosensing through cooperative interactions between myosin II and the actin crosslinker cortexillin I.