BIOL 2021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Alpha Helix, Cytoskeleton, Myosin

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March 1st (Lecture 14th)
Chapter 16 continued
Motor proteins: cause movement when they move along cytoskeletal elements.
o These proteins bind to cytoskeletal filaments.
o Use ATP to move along filament.
o Different motos bind to actin or tubulin.
o Carry organelles or generate force (like in muscles).
o Found in all eukaryotes, even if they have no muscles.
Myosin
Fig 16-40 myosin family
o Common characteristics to all motor proteins:
o Motor domain = head region → ATP binding domain.
o Head determines identity of track and direction. Head domains are very
very similar.
o Tail domain determines identity of cargo. Tail domains are vastly different.
o Myosin:
Moves along actin,
One or two heads.
Most move toward the plus end, but one moves toward the minus
end (myosin VI).
Found in all eukaryotes.
Vesicle transport (along cytoskeletal tracts), contraction, cell
migration (uses myosin and actin).
Fig 16-26 myosin II
o Myosin II = 2 heavy chains + 4 light chains.
o Tail = coiled-coil of 2 alpha helices.
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