ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2008
Myosin I can act as a molecular force sensor.
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147 citing papers in PubMed, 254 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Enhanced processivity and collective force production of kinesin-1 at low radial forces.eLife · 2026Article
- A local solution to local load: Myo1E as a tension-responsive actuator in clathrin-mediated endocytosis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Class-I myosin responds to changes in membrane tension during clathrin-mediated endocytosis in human induced pluripotent stem cells.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Motor-Assisted Co-Migration of Intracellular Organelles and Microtubules as a Mechanism for Directed Cargo Transport.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026Review
- MYO1B in human disease: an actin-based motor linking membrane trafficking to oncogenic signaling, metastasis, and vascular aging.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- A myosin hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation disrupts the super-relaxed state and boosts contractility by enhanced actin attachment.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Conserved Phosphorylation of the Myosin1e TH1 Domain Impacts Membrane Association and Function in Yeast and Worms.Cytoskeleton (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Enhanced Processivity and Collective Force Production of Kinesin-1 at Low Radial Forces.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- DNA tensiometer reveals catch-bond detachment kinetics of kinesin-1, -2 and -3.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Force-insensitive myosin-I enhances endocytosis robustness through actin network-scale collective ratcheting.Molecular biology of the cell · 2025Article
- Coupling between the lever arm and active site via an N-terminal extension tunes force sensitivity in the myosin-1 family.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- High-resolution structures of Myosin-IC reveal a unique actin-binding orientation, ADP release pathway, and power stroke trajectory.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Screening the human druggable genome identifies ABHD17B as an anti-fibrotic target in hepatic stellate cells.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Actin from within - how nuclear myosins and actin regulate nuclear architecture and mechanics.Journal of cell science · 2025Review
- High resolution structures of Myosin-IC reveal a unique actin-binding orientation, ADP release pathway, and power stroke trajectory.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
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- Organization of a cytoskeletal superstructure in the apical domain of intestinal tuft cells.The Journal of cell biology · 2024Article
- Single-Molecule Investigation of Load-Dependent Actomyosin Dissociation Kinetics for Cardiac and Slow Skeletal Myosin.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2024Article
- A novel highly antifungal compound ZJS-178 targeting myosin I inhibits the endocytosis and mycotoxin biosynthesis of Fusarium graminearum.Crop health · 2024Article
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Abstract
The ability to sense molecular tension is crucial for a wide array of cellular processes, including the detection of auditory stimuli, control of cell shape, and internalization and transport of membranes. We show that myosin I, a motor protein that has been implicated in powering key steps in these processes, dramatically alters its motile properties in response to tension. We measured the displacement generated by single myosin I molecules, and we determined the actin-attachment kinetics with varying tensions using an optical trap. The rate of myosin I detachment from actin decreases >75-fold under tension of 2 piconewtons or less, resulting in myosin I transitioning from a low (<0.2) to a high (>0.9) duty-ratio motor. This impressive tension sensitivity supports a role for myosin I as a molecular force sensor.
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