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ArticleBiophysical journal2009

Random walk of processive, quantum dot-labeled myosin Va molecules within the actin cortex of COS-7 cells.

Shane R Nelson, M Yusuf Ali, Kathleen M Trybus, David M Warshaw

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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4 authors.

Shane R NelsonDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
M Yusuf Ali
Kathleen M Trybus
David M Warshaw

Funding

Ventricular and Cardiac Fiber Characterization and Integration CoreP01HL059408 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT &ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI ROBBINS, JEFFREY · 1999 to 2014
$26.4M
MUTATIONAL STUDIES OF PROCESSIVE MYOSIN MOTORSR01GM078097 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT & ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI TRYBUS, KATHLEEN M · 2007 to 2019
$4.8M
Training Program in the Molecular Basis of Cardiovascular DiseaseT32HL007944 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT &ST AGRIC COLLEGE · PI WARSHAW, DAVID M · 2000 to 2012
$2.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL007944NHLBI NIH HHS HL059408NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL059408NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007944NIGMS NIH HHS GM078097NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM078097
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Abstract

Myosin Va (myoVa) is an actin-based intracellular cargo transporter. In vitro experiments have established that a single myoVa moves processively along actin tracks, but less is known about how this motor operates within cells. Here we track the movement of a quantum dot (Qdot)-labeled myoVa HMM in COS-7 cells using total internal reflectance fluorescence microscopy. This labeling approach is unique in that it allows myoVa, instead of its cargo, to be tracked. Single-particle analysis showed short periods (</=0.5 s) of ATP-sensitive linear motion. The mean velocity of these trajectories was 604 nm/s and independent of the number of myoVa molecules attached to the Qdot. With high time (16.6 ms) and spatial (15 nm) resolution imaging, Qdot-labeled myoVa moved with sequential 75 nm steps per head, at a rate of 16 s(-1), similarly to myoVa in vitro. Monte Carlo modeling suggests that the random nature of the trajectories represents processive myoVa motors undergoing a random walk through the dense and randomly oriented cortical actin network.

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MovementQuantum DotsActinsAnimalsBiological TransportCattleChlorocebus aethiopsCOS CellsCytoskeletonMiceMicroscopy, FluorescenceModels, BiologicalMonte Carlo MethodMyosin Heavy ChainsMyosin Type VStaining and LabelingActinsMyo5a protein, mouseMyosin Heavy ChainsMyosin Type V

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PMID19619465
PMCPMC2711322

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