The unique feature of the myosin-V S1, the long lever arm, should, according to the swinging cross-bridge model, allow for a much longer step size than that observed for myosin II.

The research, which has direct implications for how root systems manage responses to plant hormones, also has broader implications for understanding the condensation of other motile proteins that move ...

While the study focused on A. thaliana, a model plant, ... Loss of myosin XI disrupts AtNIP5;1 positioning, impairs endocytic trafficking, and reduces boron absorption, ...

JUPITER, Fla., June 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Myosin Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class therapies targeting molecular motors, today announced that ...

Myosin in muscles behaves in a unique way, which might explain why muscles have such strong contractile power. A cartoon showing the asymmetry in the weak binding between myosin and actin that biases ...

"Myosin walks like we walk, but with a 74-nanometer stride that is more than 10 million times smaller than ours," said Paul Selvin, a professor of physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana ...

In a recent study published in Nature Communication, researchers employed artificial intelligence (AI)-driven virtual screening to discover 'F10', a novel cardiac-specific myosin inhibitor for ...

Myosin Therapeutics, Inc., a biotechnology company developing novel therapies for cancer and neurological disorders, has closed its second seed funding round, raising over $3 million to supplement ...

Muscle myosin, whose study dates back to 1864, has served as a model system for understanding motility for decades. Kinesin, discovered ...

Perinatal myosin heavy chain is a myosin heavy-chain isoform predominantly expressed in skeletal muscle; ... from chicken skeletal muscle 29 provides a model for analysis of the human R674Q MyHCpn ...