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Bowser RM, Farman GP, Gregorio CC. Philament: A filament tracking program to quickly and accurately analyze in vitro motility assays. BIOPHYSICAL REPORTS 2024; 4:100147. [PMID: 38404534 PMCID: PMC10884813 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpr.2024.100147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/25/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
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In vitro motility (IVM) assays allow for the examination of the basic interaction between cytoskeletal filaments with molecular motors and the influence many physiological factors have on this interaction. Examples of factors that can be studied include changes in ADP and pH that emulate fatigue, altered phosphorylation that can occur with disease, and mutations within myofilament proteins that cause disease. While IVM assays can be analyzed manually, the main limitation is the ability to extract accurate data rapidly from videos collected without individual bias. While programs have been created in the past to enable data extraction, many are now out of date or require the use of proprietary software. Here, we report the generation of a Python-based tracking program, Philament, which automatically extracts data on instantaneous and average velocities, and allows for fully automated analysis of IVM recordings. The data generated are presented in an easily accessible spreadsheet-based, comma-separated values file. Philament also contains a novel method of quantifying the smoothness of filament motion. By fitting curves to standard deviations of velocity and average velocities, the influence of different experimental conditions can be compared relative to one another. This comparison provides a qualitative measure of protein interactions where steeper slopes indicate more unstable interactions and shallower slopes indicate more stable interactions within the myofilament. Overall, Philament's automation of IVM analysis provides easier entry into the field of cardiovascular mechanics and enables users to create a truly high-throughput experimental data analysis.
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- Ryan M. Bowser
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Sarver Molecular Cardiovascular Research Program, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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Tang Q, Pollard LW, Homa KE, Kovar DR, Trybus KM. Acetylation of fission yeast tropomyosin does not promote differential association with cognate formins. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2023; 80:77-92. [PMID: 36692369 PMCID: PMC10121778 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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It was proposed from cellular studies that S. pombe tropomyosin Cdc8 (Tpm) segregates into two populations due to the presence or absence of an amino-terminal acetylation that specifies which formin-mediated F-actin networks it binds, but with no supporting biochemistry. To address this mechanism in vitro, we developed methods for S. pombe actin expression in Sf9 cells. We then employed 3-color TIRF microscopy using all recombinant S. pombe proteins to probe in vitro multicomponent mechanisms involving actin, acetylated and unacetylated Tpm, formins, and myosins. Acetyl-Tpm exhibits tight binding to actin in contrast to weaker binding by unacetylated Tpm. In disagreement with the differential recruitment model, Tpm showed no preferential binding to filaments assembled by the FH1-FH2-domains of two S. pombe formins, nor did Tpm binding have any bias towards the growing formin-bound actin filament barbed end. Although our in vitro findings do not support a direct formin-tropomyosin interaction, it is possible that formins bias differential tropomyosin isoform recruitment through undiscovered mechanisms. Importantly, despite a 12% sequence divergence between skeletal and S. pombe actin, S. pombe myosins Myo2 and Myo51 exhibited similar motile behavior with these two actins, validating key prior findings with these myosins that used skeletal actin.
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- Qing Tang
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington VT
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington VT
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- Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington VT
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Cirilo JA, Gunther LK, Yengo CM. Functional Role of Class III Myosins in Hair Cells. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:643856. [PMID: 33718386 PMCID: PMC7947357 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.643856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Cytoskeletal motors produce force and motion using the energy from ATP hydrolysis and function in a variety of mechanical roles in cells including muscle contraction, cargo transport, and cell division. Actin-based myosin motors have been shown to play crucial roles in the development and function of the stereocilia of auditory and vestibular inner ear hair cells. Hair cells can contain hundreds of stereocilia, which rely on myosin motors to elongate, organize, and stabilize their structure. Mutations in many stereocilia-associated myosins have been shown to cause hearing loss in both humans and animal models suggesting that each myosin isoform has a specific function in these unique parallel actin bundle-based protrusions. Here we review what is known about the classes of myosins that function in the stereocilia, with a special focus on class III myosins that harbor point mutations associated with delayed onset hearing loss. Much has been learned about the role of the two class III myosin isoforms, MYO3A and MYO3B, in maintaining the precise stereocilia lengths required for normal hearing. We propose a model for how class III myosins play a key role in regulating stereocilia lengths and demonstrate how their motor and regulatory properties are particularly well suited for this function. We conclude that ongoing studies on class III myosins and other stereocilia-associated myosins are extremely important and may lead to novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of hearing loss due to stereocilia degeneration.
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- Joseph A Cirilo
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, College of Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA, United States
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Single-Molecule Biophysical Techniques to Study Actomyosin Force Transduction. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2020. [PMID: 32451857 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38062-5_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Inside the cellular environment, molecular motors can work in concert to conduct a variety of important physiological functions and processes that are vital for the survival of a cell. However, in order to decipher the mechanism of how these molecular motors work, single-molecule microscopy techniques have been popular methods to understand the molecular basis of the emerging ensemble behavior of these motor proteins.In this chapter, we discuss various single-molecule biophysical imaging techniques that have been used to expose the mechanics and kinetics of myosins. The chapter should be taken as a general overview and introductory guide to the many existing techniques; however, since other chapters will discuss some of these techniques more thoroughly, the readership should refer to those chapters for further details and discussions. In particular, we will focus on scattering-based single-molecule microscopy methods, some of which have become more popular in the recent years and around which the work in our laboratories has been centered.
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Rohrbach A, Meyer T, Stelzer EHK, Kress H. Measuring Stepwise Binding of Thermally Fluctuating Particles to Cell Membranes without Fluorescence. Biophys J 2020; 118:1850-1860. [PMID: 32229315 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/03/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Thermal motions enable a particle to probe the optimal interaction state when binding to a cell membrane. However, especially on the scale of microseconds and nanometers, position and orientation fluctuations are difficult to observe with common measurement technologies. Here, we show that it is possible to detect single binding events of immunoglobulin-G-coated polystyrene beads, which are held in an optical trap near the cell membrane of a macrophage. Changes in the spatial and temporal thermal fluctuations of the particle were measured interferometrically, and no fluorophore labeling was required. We demonstrate both by Brownian dynamic simulations and by experiments that sequential stepwise increases in the force constant of the bond between a bead and a cell of typically 20 pN/μm are clearly detectable. In addition, this technique provides estimates about binding rates and diffusion constants of membrane receptors. The simple approach of thermal noise tracking points out new strategies in understanding interactions between cells and particles, which are relevant for a large variety of processes, including phagocytosis, drug delivery, and the effects of small microplastics and particulates on cells.
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- Alexander Rohrbach
- Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Photonics, University of Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering, Freiburg, Germany; Centre for integrative Biological Signalling Studies, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Photonics, University of Freiburg, Department of Microsystems Engineering, Freiburg, Germany
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- Laboratory for Physical Biology, Buchmann Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt Main, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.
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Farman GP, Rynkiewicz MJ, Orzechowski M, Lehman W, Moore JR. HCM and DCM cardiomyopathy-linked α-tropomyosin mutations influence off-state stability and crossbridge interaction on thin filaments. Arch Biochem Biophys 2018; 647:84-92. [PMID: 29626422 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2018.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Revised: 04/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Calcium regulation of cardiac muscle contraction is controlled by the thin-filament proteins troponin and tropomyosin bound to actin. In the absence of calcium, troponin-tropomyosin inhibits myosin-interactions on actin and induces muscle relaxation, whereas the addition of calcium relieves the inhibitory constraint to initiate contraction. Many mutations in thin filament proteins linked to cardiomyopathy appear to disrupt this regulatory switching. Here, we tested perturbations caused by mutant tropomyosins (E40K, DCM; and E62Q, HCM) on intra-filament interactions affecting acto-myosin interactions including those induced further by myosin association. Comparison of wild-type and mutant human α-tropomyosin (Tpm1.1) behavior was carried out using in vitro motility assays and molecular dynamics simulations. Our results show that E62Q tropomyosin destabilizes thin filament off-state function by increasing calcium-sensitivity, but without apparent affect on global tropomyosin structure by modifying coiled-coil rigidity. In contrast, the E40K mutant tropomyosin appears to stabilize the off-state, demonstrates increased tropomyosin flexibility, while also decreasing calcium-sensitivity. In addition, the E40K mutation reduces thin filament velocity at low myosin concentration while the E62Q mutant tropomyosin increases velocity. Corresponding molecular dynamics simulations indicate specific residue interactions that are likely to redefine underlying molecular regulatory mechanisms, which we propose explain the altered contractility evoked by the disease-causing mutations.
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- Gerrie P Farman
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA; Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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- Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, One University Avenue, Lowell, MA 01854, USA.
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Swenson AM, Tang W, Blair CA, Fetrow CM, Unrath WC, Previs MJ, Campbell KS, Yengo CM. Omecamtiv Mecarbil Enhances the Duty Ratio of Human β-Cardiac Myosin Resulting in Increased Calcium Sensitivity and Slowed Force Development in Cardiac Muscle. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:3768-3778. [PMID: 28082673 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.748780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2016] [Revised: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The small molecule drug omecamtiv mecarbil (OM) specifically targets cardiac muscle myosin and is known to enhance cardiac muscle performance, yet its impact on human cardiac myosin motor function is unclear. We expressed and purified human β-cardiac myosin subfragment 1 (M2β-S1) containing a C-terminal Avi tag. We demonstrate that the maximum actin-activated ATPase activity of M2β-S1 is slowed more than 4-fold in the presence of OM, whereas the actin concentration required for half-maximal ATPase was reduced dramatically (30-fold). We find OM does not change the overall actin affinity. Transient kinetic experiments suggest that there are two kinetic pathways in the presence of OM. The dominant pathway results in a slow transition between actomyosin·ADP states and increases the time myosin is strongly bound to actin. However, OM also traps a population of myosin heads in a weak actin affinity state with slow product release. We demonstrate that OM can reduce the actin sliding velocity more than 100-fold in the in vitro motility assay. The ionic strength dependence of in vitro motility suggests the inhibition may be at least partially due to drag forces from weakly attached myosin heads. OM causes an increase in duty ratio examined in the motility assay. Experiments with permeabilized human myocardium demonstrate that OM increases calcium sensitivity and slows force development (ktr) in a concentration-dependent manner, whereas the maximally activated force is unchanged. We propose that OM increases the myosin duty ratio, which results in enhanced calcium sensitivity but slower force development in human myocardium.
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- Anja M Swenson
- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
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- the Department of Physiology and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298, and
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033
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- the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405
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- the Department of Physiology and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0298, and
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- From the Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033,
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Jana B, Onuchic JN. Strain Mediated Adaptation Is Key for Myosin Mechanochemistry: Discovering General Rules for Motor Activity. PLoS Comput Biol 2016; 12:e1005035. [PMID: 27494025 PMCID: PMC4975490 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2016] [Accepted: 06/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A structure-based model of myosin motor is built in the same spirit of our early work for kinesin-1 and Ncd towards physical understanding of its mechanochemical cycle. We find a structural adaptation of the motor head domain in post-powerstroke state that signals faster ADP release from it compared to the same from the motor head in the pre-powerstroke state. For dimeric myosin, an additional forward strain on the trailing head, originating from the postponed powerstroke state of the leading head in the waiting state of myosin, further increases the rate of ADP release. This coordination between the two heads is the essence of the processivity of the cycle. Our model provides a structural description of the powerstroke step of the cycle as an allosteric transition of the converter domain in response to the Pi release. Additionally, the variation in structural elements peripheral to catalytic motor domain is the deciding factor behind diverse directionalities of myosin motors (myosin V & VI). Finally, we observe that there are general rules for functional molecular motors across the different families. Allosteric structural adaptation of the catalytic motor head in different nucleotide states is crucial for mechanochemistry. Strain-mediated coordination between motor heads is essential for processivity and the variation of peripheral structural elements is essential for their diverse functionalities. Molecular motors are perhaps the most important proteins present in the cell. The importance specifically lies with the fact that these proteins use the chemical energy source (such as ATP) of the cell to generate mechanical work and perform a wide range of functionalities. In this article, we generalize the idea of using structure-based models to explore the mechanochemistry of myosin molecular motors in structural terms. We find that a structural adaptation of the motor head domain in post-powerstroke state signals faster ADP release from the trailing head to maintain its processivity while directionality arises from a careful design of peripheral structural elements. These results along with our earlier results on other motors provide a general rule for motor activity.
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- Biman Jana
- Department of Physical Chemistry, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India
- * E-mail: (BJ); (JNO)
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- Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- * E-mail: (BJ); (JNO)
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Batters C, Veigel C. Mechanics and Activation of Unconventional Myosins. Traffic 2016; 17:860-71. [PMID: 27061900 DOI: 10.1111/tra.12400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Revised: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Many types of cellular motility are based on the myosin family of motor proteins ranging from muscle contraction to exo- and endocytosis, cytokinesis, cell locomotion or signal transduction in hearing. At the center of this wide range of motile processes lies the adaptation of the myosins for each specific mechanical task and the ability to coordinate the timing of motor protein mobilization and targeting. In recent years, great progress has been made in developing single molecule technology to characterize the diverse mechanical properties of the unconventional myosins. Here, we discuss the basic mechanisms and mechanical adaptations of unconventional myosins, and emerging principles regulating motor mobilization and targeting.
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- Christopher Batters
- Department of Cellular Physiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Schillerstrasse 44, 80336, Munich, Germany.,Center for Nanosciences (CeNS) München, 80799, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Cellular Physiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Schillerstrasse 44, 80336, Munich, Germany.,Center for Nanosciences (CeNS) München, 80799, Munich, Germany
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Wada R, Sato D, Nakamura T, Hatori K. Temperature control of the motility of actin filaments interacting with myosin molecules using an electrically conductive glass in the presence of direct current. Arch Biochem Biophys 2015; 586:51-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2015.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2015] [Revised: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Edward P Debold
- Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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Cell-sized spherical confinement induces the spontaneous formation of contractile actomyosin rings in vitro. Nat Cell Biol 2015; 17:480-9. [DOI: 10.1038/ncb3142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Accepted: 02/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Farman GP, Muthu P, Kazmierczak K, Szczesna-Cordary D, Moore JR. Impact of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy-linked mutations in the NH2 terminus of the RLC on β-myosin cross-bridge mechanics. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2014; 117:1471-7. [PMID: 25324513 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00798.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is associated with mutations in sarcomeric proteins, including the myosin regulatory light chain (RLC). Here we studied the impact of three HCM mutations located in the NH2 terminus of the RLC on the molecular mechanism of β-myosin heavy chain (MHC) cross-bridge mechanics using the in vitro motility assay. To generate mutant β-myosin, native RLC was depleted from porcine cardiac MHC and reconstituted with mutant (A13T, F18L, and E22K) or wild-type (WT) human cardiac RLC. We characterized the mutant myosin force and motion generation capability in the presence of a frictional load. Compared with WT, all three mutants exhibited reductions in maximal actin filament velocity when tested under low or no frictional load. The actin-activated ATPase showed no significant difference between WT and HCM-mutant-reconstituted myosins. The decrease in velocity has been attributed to a significantly increased duty cycle, as was measured by the dependence of actin sliding velocity on myosin surface density, for all three mutant myosins. These results demonstrate a mutation-induced alteration in acto-myosin interactions that may contribute to the pathogenesis of HCM.
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- Gerrie P Farman
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; and
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; and
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Encalada SE, Goldstein LSB. Biophysical challenges to axonal transport: motor-cargo deficiencies and neurodegeneration. Annu Rev Biophys 2014; 43:141-69. [PMID: 24702007 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-biophys-051013-022746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Axonal transport is indispensable for the distribution of vesicles, organelles, messenger RNAs (mRNAs), and signaling molecules along the axon. This process is mediated by kinesins and dyneins, molecular motors that bind to cargoes and translocate on microtubule tracks. Tight modulation of motor protein activity is necessary, but little is known about the molecules and mechanisms that regulate transport. Moreover, evidence suggests that transport impairments contribute to the initiation or progression of neurodegenerative diseases, or both, but the mechanisms by which motor activity is affected in disease are unclear. In this review, we discuss some of the physical and biophysical properties that influence motor regulation in healthy neurons. We further discuss the evidence for the role of transport in neurodegeneration, highlighting two pathways that may contribute to transport impairment-dependent disease: genetic mutations or variation, and protein aggregation. Understanding how and when transport parameters change in disease will help delineate molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration.
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- Sandra E Encalada
- Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Dorris Neuroscience Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037;
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Myosin-10 produces its power-stroke in two phases and moves processively along a single actin filament under low load. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:E1833-42. [PMID: 24753602 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1320122111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Myosin-10 is an actin-based molecular motor that participates in essential intracellular processes such as filopodia formation/extension, phagocytosis, cell migration, and mitotic spindle maintenance. To study this motor protein's mechano-chemical properties, we used a recombinant, truncated form of myosin-10 consisting of the first 936 amino acids, followed by a GCN4 leucine zipper motif, to force dimerization. Negative-stain electron microscopy reveals that the majority of molecules are dimeric with a head-to-head contour distance of ∼50 nm. In vitro motility assays show that myosin-10 moves actin filaments smoothly with a velocity of ∼310 nm/s. Steady-state and transient kinetic analysis of the ATPase cycle shows that the ADP release rate (∼13 s(-1)) is similar to the maximum ATPase activity (∼12-14 s(-1)) and therefore contributes to rate limitation of the enzymatic cycle. Single molecule optical tweezers experiments show that under intermediate load (∼0.5 pN), myosin-10 interacts intermittently with actin and produces a power stroke of ∼17 nm, composed of an initial 15-nm and subsequent 2-nm movement. At low optical trap loads, we observed staircase-like processive movements of myosin-10 interacting with the actin filament, consisting of up to six ∼35-nm steps per binding interaction. We discuss the implications of this load-dependent processivity of myosin-10 as a filopodial transport motor.
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Olshausen PV, Defeu Soufo HJ, Wicker K, Heintzmann R, Graumann PL, Rohrbach A. Superresolution imaging of dynamic MreB filaments in B. subtilis--a multiple-motor-driven transport? Biophys J 2014; 105:1171-81. [PMID: 24010660 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.07.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2013] [Revised: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 07/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The cytoskeletal protein MreB is an essential component of the bacterial cell-shape generation system. Using a superresolution variant of total internal reflection microscopy with structured illumination, as well as three-dimensional stacks of deconvolved epifluorescence microscopy, we found that inside living Bacillus subtilis cells, MreB forms filamentous structures of variable lengths, typically not longer than 1 μm. These filaments move along their orientation and mainly perpendicular to the long bacterial axis, revealing a maximal velocity at an intermediate length and a decreasing velocity with increasing filament length. Filaments move along straight trajectories but can reverse or alter their direction of propagation. Based on our measurements, we provide a mechanistic model that is consistent with all observations. In this model, MreB filaments mechanically couple several motors that putatively synthesize the cell wall, whereas the filaments' traces mirror the trajectories of the motors. On the basis of our mechanistic model, we developed a mathematical model that can explain the nonlinear velocity length dependence. We deduce that the coupling of cell wall synthesis motors determines the MreB filament transport velocity, and the filament mechanically controls a concerted synthesis of parallel peptidoglycan strands to improve cell wall stability.
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- Philipp V Olshausen
- Laboratory for Bio- and Nano-Photonics, Department of Microsystems Engineering-IMTEK, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Karagiannis P, Ishii Y, Yanagida T. Molecular machines like myosin use randomness to behave predictably. Chem Rev 2014; 114:3318-34. [PMID: 24484383 DOI: 10.1021/cr400344n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Peter Karagiannis
- Quantitative Biology Center, Riken (QBiC) , Furuedai 6-2-3, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan
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Meng X, Yu M, Zhang Y. The load dependence of the physical properties of a molecular motor. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2013; 25:374102. [PMID: 23945195 DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/25/37/374102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The physical properties of a molecular motor with load changing in a wide range will be discussed in this study, in particular the mean velocity, output power and energy efficiency. The main difficulty of this study is that both the states of the molecular motor and the energy barriers between them change with the loading force. Moreover, with the change of load, the number of motor states may also change, so different models should be used to calculate the corresponding physical quantities in different ranges of load. The results show that, in contrast to the usual intuition, the mean velocity and output power of the molecular motor do not change continuously with load.
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- Xianchao Meng
- The Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, The Ministry of Education, Shanghai Medical School, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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Chizhov I, Hartmann FK, Hundt N, Tsiavaliaris G. Global fit analysis of myosin-5b motility reveals thermodynamics of Mg2+-sensitive acto-myosin-ADP states. PLoS One 2013; 8:e64797. [PMID: 23738001 PMCID: PMC3662761 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2013] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of the mechanochemical cycle of myosin motors are essential for understanding the mechanism of energy conversion. Here, we report our investigation of temperature and free Mg2+-ion dependencies of sliding velocities of a high duty ratio class-5 myosin motor, myosin-5b from D. discoideum using in vitro motility assays. Previous studies have shown that the sliding velocity of class-5 myosins obeys modulation by free Mg2+-ions. Free Mg2+-ions affect ADP release kinetics and the dwell time of actin-attached states. The latter determines the maximal velocity of actin translocation in the sliding filament assay. We measured the temperature dependence of sliding velocity in the range from 5 to 55°C at two limiting free Mg2+-ion concentrations. Arrhenius plots demonstrated non-linear behavior. Based on this observation we propose a kinetic model, which explains both sensitivity towards free Mg2+-ions and non-linearity of the temperature dependence of sliding velocity. According to this model, velocity is represented as a simple analytical function of temperature and free Mg2+-ion concentrations. This function has been applied to global non-linear fit analysis of three data sets including temperature and magnesium (at 20°C) dependence of sliding velocity. As a result we obtain thermodynamic parameters (ΔHMg and ΔSMg) of a fast equilibrium between magnesium free (AM·D) and magnesium bound acto-myosin-ADP (AM· Mg2+D) states and the corresponding enthalpic barriers associated with ADP release (ΔH1‡ and ΔH2‡). The herein presented integrative approach of data analysis based on global fitting can be applied to the remaining steps of the acto-myosin ATPase cycle facilitating the determination of energetic parameters and thermodynamics of acto-myosin interactions.
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- Igor Chizhov
- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, OE 4350, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, OE 4350, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, OE 4350, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, OE 4350, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Berger CL. Breaking the millisecond barrier: single molecule motors wobble to find their next binding sites. Biophys J 2013; 104:1219-20. [PMID: 23528080 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2013] [Accepted: 02/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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- Christopher L Berger
- Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
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Moore JR, Leinwand L, Warshaw DM. Understanding cardiomyopathy phenotypes based on the functional impact of mutations in the myosin motor. Circ Res 2012; 111:375-85. [PMID: 22821910 DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.110.223842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Hypertrophic (HCM) and dilated (DCM) cardiomyopathies are inherited diseases with a high incidence of death due to electric abnormalities or outflow tract obstruction. In many of the families afflicted with either disease, causative mutations have been identified in various sarcomeric proteins. In this review, we focus on mutations in the cardiac muscle molecular motor, myosin, and its associated light chains. Despite the >300 identified mutations, there is still no clear understanding of how these mutations within the same myosin molecule can lead to the dramatically different clinical phenotypes associated with HCM and DCM. Localizing mutations within myosin's molecular structure provides insight into the potential consequence of these perturbations to key functional domains of the motor. Review of biochemical and biophysical data that characterize the functional capacities of these mutant myosins suggests that mutant myosins with enhanced contractility lead to HCM, whereas those displaying reduced contractility lead to DCM. With gain and loss of function potentially being the primary consequence of a specific mutation, how these functional changes trigger the hypertrophic response and lead to the distinct HCM and DCM phenotypes will be the future investigative challenge.
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- Jeffrey R Moore
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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Tominaga M, Kojima H, Yokota E, Nakamori R, Anson M, Shimmen T, Oiwa K. Calcium-induced mechanical change in the neck domain alters the activity of plant myosin XI. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:30711-8. [PMID: 22740687 PMCID: PMC3436315 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.346668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2012] [Revised: 06/19/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Plant myosin XI functions as a motor that generates cytoplasmic streaming in plant cells. Although cytoplasmic streaming is known to be regulated by intracellular Ca(2+) concentration, the molecular mechanism underlying this control is not fully understood. Here, we investigated the mechanism of regulation of myosin XI by Ca(2+) at the molecular level. Actin filaments were easily detached from myosin XI in an in vitro motility assay at high Ca(2+) concentration (pCa 4) concomitant with the detachment of calmodulin light chains from the neck domains. Electron microscopic observations showed that myosin XI at pCa 4 shortened the neck domain by 30%. Single-molecule analysis revealed that the step size of myosin XI at pCa 4 was shortened to 27 nm under low load and to 22 nm under high load compared with 35 nm independent of the load for intact myosin XI. These results indicate that modulation of the mechanical properties of the neck domain is a key factor for achieving the Ca(2+)-induced regulation of cytoplasmic streaming.
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- Motoki Tominaga
- From the Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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- From the Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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- the Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Harima Science Park City, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan, and
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- From the Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
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- the Division of Physical Biochemistry, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, United Kingdom
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- the Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Harima Science Park City, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan, and
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- From the Advanced ICT Research Institute, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Kobe 651-2492, Japan
- the Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Life Science, University of Hyogo, Harima Science Park City, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan, and
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Temperature dependent measurements reveal similarities between muscle and non-muscle myosin motility. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2012; 33:385-94. [PMID: 22930330 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-012-9316-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2012] [Accepted: 08/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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We examined the temperature dependence of muscle and non-muscle myosin (heavy meromyosin, HMM) with in vitro motility and actin-activated ATPase assays. Our results indicate that myosin V (MV) has a temperature dependence that is similar in both ATPase and motility assays. We demonstrate that skeletal muscle myosin (SK), smooth muscle myosin (SM), and non-muscle myosin IIA (NM) have different temperature dependence in ATPase compared to in vitro motility assays. In the class II myosins we examined (SK, SM, and NM) the rate-limiting step in ATPase assays is thought to be attachment to actin or phosphate release, while for in vitro motility assays it is controversial. In MV the rate-limiting step for both in vitro motility and ATPase assays is known to be ADP release. Consequently, in MV the temperature dependence of the ADP release rate constant is similar to the temperature dependence of in vitro motility. Interestingly, the temperature dependence of the ADP release rate constant of SM and NM was shifted toward the in vitro motility temperature dependence. Our results suggest that the rate-limiting step in SK, SM, and NM may shift from attachment-limited in solution to detachment limited in the in vitro motility assay. Internal strain within the myosin molecule or by neighboring myosin motors may slow ADP release which becomes rate-limiting in the in vitro motility assay. Within this small subset of myosins examined, the in vitro sliding velocity correlates reasonably well with actin-activated ATPase activity, which was suggested by the original study by Barany (J Gen Physiol 50:197-218, 1967).
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Switching of myosin-V motion between the lever-arm swing and brownian search-and-catch. Nat Commun 2012; 3:956. [PMID: 22805563 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2012] [Accepted: 05/30/2012] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Motor proteins are force-generating nanomachines that are highly adaptable to their ever-changing biological environments and have a high energy conversion efficiency. Here we constructed an imaging system that uses optical tweezers and a DNA handle to visualize elementary mechanical processes of a nanomachine under load. We apply our system to myosin-V, a well-known motor protein that takes 72 nm 'hand-over-hand' steps composed of a 'lever-arm swing' and a 'brownian search-and-catch'. We find that the lever-arm swing generates a large proportion of the force at low load (<0.5 pN), resulting in 3 k(B)T of work. At high load (1.9 pN), however, the contribution of the brownian search-and-catch increases to dominate, reaching 13 k(B)T of work. We believe the ability to switch between these two force-generation modes facilitates myosin-V function at high efficiency while operating in a dynamic intracellular environment.
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Coarse-grained simulation of myosin-V movement. COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICINE 2012; 2012:781456. [PMID: 22675402 PMCID: PMC3366208 DOI: 10.1155/2012/781456] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2011] [Revised: 03/01/2012] [Accepted: 03/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We describe the development of a hierarchic modelling method applied to simulating the processive movement of the myosin-V molecular motor protein along an actin filament track. In the hierarchic model, three different levels of protein structure resolution are represented: secondary structure, domain, and protein, with the level of detail changing according to the degree of interaction among the molecules. The integrity of the system is maintained using a tree of spatially organised bounding volumes and distance constraints. Although applied to an actin-myosin system, the hierarchic framework is general enough so that it may easily be adapted to a number of other large biomolecular systems containing in the order of 100 proteins. We compared the simulation results with biophysical data, and despite the lack of atomic detail in our model, we find good agreement and can even suggest some refinements to the current model of myosin-V motion.
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Purcell TJ, Naber N, Sutton S, Cooke R, Pate E. EPR spectra and molecular dynamics agree that the nucleotide pocket of myosin V is closed and that it opens on binding actin. J Mol Biol 2011; 411:16-26. [PMID: 21640122 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2011.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2011] [Revised: 05/11/2011] [Accepted: 05/11/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We have used EPR spectroscopy and computational modeling of nucleotide-analog spin probes to investigate conformational changes at the nucleotide site of myosin V. We find that, in the absence of actin, the mobility of a spin-labeled diphosphate analog [spin-labeled ADP (SLADP)] bound at the active site is strongly hindered, suggesting a closed nucleotide pocket. The mobility of the analog increases when the MV·SLADP complex (MV=myosin V) binds to actin, implying an opening of the active site in the A·MV·SLADP complex (A=actin). The probe mobilities are similar to those seen with myosin II, despite the fact that myosin V has dramatically altered kinetics. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was used to understand the EPR spectra in terms of the X-ray database. The X-ray structure of MV·ADP·BeFx shows a closed nucleotide site and has been proposed to be the detached state. The MV·ADP structure shows an open nucleotide site and has been proposed to be the A·MV·ADP state at the end of the working powerstroke. MD simulation of SLADP docked in the closed conformation gave a probe mobility comparable to that seen in the EPR spectrum of the MV·SLADP complex. The simulation of the open conformation gave a probe mobility that was 35-40° greater than that observed experimentally for the A·MV·SLADP state. Thus, EPR, X-ray diffraction, and computational analysis support the closed conformation as a myosin V state that is detached from actin. The MD results indicate that the MV·ADP crystal structure, which may correspond to the strained actin-bound post-powerstroke conformation resulting from head-head interaction in the dimeric processive motor, is superopened.
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- Thomas J Purcell
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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Direct observation of the myosin-Va power stroke and its reversal. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2010; 17:590-5. [PMID: 20418880 PMCID: PMC3487478 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2009] [Accepted: 02/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Complex forms of cellular motility, including cell division, organelle trafficking or signal amplification in the auditory system, require strong coordination of the myosin motors involved. The most basic mechanism of coordination is via direct mechanical interactions of individual motor heads leading to modification of their mechano-chemical cycles. Here we used an optical trap-based assay to investigate the reversibility of the force- generating conformational change (power stroke) of single myosin-V motor heads. By applying load to the head shortly after binding to actin, we found that at a certain load the power stroke could be reversed and the head fluctuated between an actin-bound pre- and a post-power stroke conformation. This load-dependent mechanical instability might be critical to coordinate the heads of processive, dimeric myosin-V. Non-linear response to load leading to coordination or oscillations amongst motors might be relevant for many cellular functions.
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A rigorous numerical test of a hypothetical mechanism of a molecular motor should model explicitly the diffusive motion of the motor's degrees of freedom as well as the transition rates between the motor's chemical states. We present such a Brownian dynamics, mechanochemcial model of the coarse-grain structure of the dimeric, linear motor myosin V. Compared with run-length data, our model provides strong support for a proposed strain-controlled gating mechanism that enhances processivity. We demonstrate that the diffusion rate of a detached motor head during motor stepping is self-consistent with known kinetic rate constants and can explain the motor's key performance features, such as speed and stall force. We present illustrative and realistic animations of motor stepping in the presence of thermal noise. The quantitative success and illustrative power of this type of model suggest that it will be useful in testing our understanding of a range of biological and synthetic motors.
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- Erin M. Craig
- Materials Science Institute and Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
- Department of Mathmatics, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA 95616; and
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- Materials Science Institute and Department of Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403
- Nanometer Consortium and Division of Solid State Physics, Lund University, Box 118, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
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Sivaramakrishnan S, Spudich JA. Coupled myosin VI motors facilitate unidirectional movement on an F-actin network. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 187:53-60. [PMID: 19786577 PMCID: PMC2762089 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200906133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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A combination of experimentation and modeling reveal that multiple myosin VI molecules coordinately transport cargo over the actin filament network. Unconventional myosins interact with the dense cortical actin network during processes such as membrane trafficking, cell migration, and mechanotransduction. Our understanding of unconventional myosin function is derived largely from assays that examine the interaction of a single myosin with a single actin filament. In this study, we have developed a model system to study the interaction between multiple tethered unconventional myosins and a model F-actin cortex, namely the lamellipodium of a migrating fish epidermal keratocyte. Using myosin VI, which moves toward the pointed end of actin filaments, we directly determine the polarity of the extracted keratocyte lamellipodium from the cell periphery to the cell nucleus. We use a combination of experimentation and simulation to demonstrate that multiple myosin VI molecules can coordinate to efficiently transport vesicle-size cargo over 10 µm of the dense interlaced actin network. Furthermore, several molecules of monomeric myosin VI, which are nonprocessive in single molecule assays, can coordinate to transport cargo with similar speeds as dimers.
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Pierobon P, Achouri S, Courty S, Dunn AR, Spudich JA, Dahan M, Cappello G. Velocity, processivity, and individual steps of single myosin V molecules in live cells. Biophys J 2009; 96:4268-75. [PMID: 19450497 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.02.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2008] [Revised: 01/20/2009] [Accepted: 02/05/2009] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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We report the tracking of single myosin V molecules in their natural environment, the cell. Myosin V molecules, labeled with quantum dots, are introduced into the cytoplasm of living HeLa cells and their motion is recorded at the single molecule level with high spatial and temporal resolution. We perform an intracellular measurement of key parameters of this molecular transporter: velocity, processivity, step size, and dwell time. Our experiments bridge the gap between in vitro single molecule assays and the indirect measurements of the motor features deduced from the tracking of organelles in live cells.
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- Paolo Pierobon
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 168, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris, Paris, France
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Pant K, Watt J, Greenberg M, Jones M, Szczesna-Cordary D, Moore JR. Removal of the cardiac myosin regulatory light chain increases isometric force production. FASEB J 2009; 23:3571-80. [PMID: 19470801 DOI: 10.1096/fj.08-126672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The myosin neck, which is supported by the interactions between light chains and the underlying alpha-helical heavy chain, is thought to act as a lever arm to amplify movements originating in the globular motor domain. Here, we studied the role of the cardiac myosin regulatory light chains (RLCs) in the capacity of myosin to produce force using a novel optical-trap-based isometric force in vitro motility assay. We measured the isometric force and actin filament velocity for native porcine cardiac (PC) myosin, RLC-depleted PC (PC(depl)) myosin, and PC myosin reconstituted with recombinant bacterially expressed human cardiac RLC (PC(recon)). RLC depletion reduced unloaded actin filament velocity by 58% and enhanced the myosin-based isometric force approximately 2-fold. No significant change between PC and PC(depl) preparations was observed in the maximal rate of actin-activated myosin ATPase activity. Reconstitution of PC(depl) myosin with human RLC partially restored the velocity and force levels to near untreated values. The reduction in unloaded velocity after RLC extraction is consistent with the myosin neck acting as a lever, while the enhancement in isometric force can be directly related to enhancement of unitary force. The force data are consistent with a model in which the neck region behaves as a cantilevered beam.
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- Kiran Pant
- Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, 72 E. Concord St., Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Jackson DR, Baker JE. The energetics of allosteric regulation of ADP release from myosin heads. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2009; 11:4808-14. [PMID: 19506755 DOI: 10.1039/b900998a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Myosin molecules are involved in a wide range of transport and contractile activities in cells. A single myosin head functions through its ATPase reaction as a force generator and as a mechanosensor, and when two or more myosin heads work together in moving along an actin filament, the interplay between these mechanisms contributes to collective myosin behaviors. For example, the interplay between force-generating and force-sensing mechanisms coordinates the two heads of a myosin V molecule in its hand-over-hand processive stepping along an actin filament. In muscle, it contributes to the Fenn effect and smooth muscle latch. In both examples, a key force-sensing mechanism is the regulation of ADP release via interhead forces that are generated upon actin-myosin binding. Here we present a model describing the mechanism of allosteric regulation of ADP release from myosin heads as a change, DeltaDeltaG(-D), in the standard free energy for ADP release that results from the work, Deltamicro(mech), performed by that myosin head upon ADP release, or DeltaDeltaG(-D) = Deltamicro(mech). We show that this model is consistent with previous measurements for strain-dependent kinetics of ADP release in both myosin V and muscle myosin II. The model makes explicit the energetic cost of accelerating ADP release, showing that acceleration of ADP release during myosin V processivity requires approximately 4 kT of energy whereas the energetic cost for accelerating ADP release in a myosin II-based actin motility assay is only approximately 0.4 kT. The model also predicts that the acceleration of ADP release involves a dissipation of interhead forces. To test this prediction, we use an in vitro motility assay to show that the acceleration of ADP release from both smooth and skeletal muscle myosin II correlates with a decrease in interhead force. Our analyses provide clear energetic constraints for models of the allosteric regulation of ADP release and provide novel, testable insights into muscle and myosin V function.
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- Del R Jackson
- University of Nevada, Reno, Dept. of Biochemistry, Reno, NV 89557, USA
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Greenberg MJ, Watt JD, Jones M, Kazmierczak K, Szczesna-Cordary D, Moore JR. Regulatory light chain mutations associated with cardiomyopathy affect myosin mechanics and kinetics. J Mol Cell Cardiol 2008; 46:108-15. [PMID: 18929571 DOI: 10.1016/j.yjmcc.2008.09.126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2008] [Revised: 09/04/2008] [Accepted: 09/08/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) wraps around the alpha-helical neck region of myosin. This neck region has been proposed to act as a lever arm, amplifying small conformational changes in the myosin head to generate motion. The RLC serves an important structural role, supporting the myosin neck region and a modulatory role, tuning the kinetics of the actin myosin interaction. Given the importance of the RLC, it is not surprising that mutations of the RLC can lead to familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC), the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in people under 30. Population studies identified two FHC mutations located near the cationic binding site of the RLC, R58Q and N47K. Although these mutations are close in sequence, they differ in clinical presentation and prognosis, with R58Q showing a more severe phenotype. We examined the molecular based changes in myosin that are responsible for the disease phenotype by purifying myosin from transgenic mouse hearts expressing mutant myosins and examining actin filament sliding using the in vitro motility assay. We found that both R58Q and N47K show reductions in force compared to the wild type that could result in compensatory hypertrophy. Furthermore, we observed a higher ATPase rate and an increased activation at submaximal calcium levels for the R58Q myosin that could lead to decreased efficiency and incomplete cardiac relaxation, potentially explaining the more severe phenotype for the R58Q mutation.
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- Michael J Greenberg
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA
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Myosin V (myoV), a processive cargo transporter, has arguably been the most well-studied unconventional myosin of the past decade. Considerable structural information is available for the motor domain, the IQ motifs with bound calmodulin or light chains, and the cargo-binding globular tail, all of which have been crystallized. The repertoire of adapter proteins that link myoV to a particular cargo is becoming better understood, enabling cellular transport processes to be dissected. MyoV is processive, meaning that it takes many steps on actin filaments without dissociating. Its extended lever arm results in long 36-nm steps, making it ideal for single molecule studies of processive movement. In addition, electron microscopy revealed the structure of the inactive, folded conformation of myoV when it is not transporting cargo. This review provides a background on myoV, and highlights recent discoveries that show why myoV will continue to be an active focus of investigation.
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- K M Trybus
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, 149 Beaumont Avenue, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA.
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Hodges AR, Krementsova EB, Trybus KM. She3p binds to the rod of yeast myosin V and prevents it from dimerizing, forming a single-headed motor complex. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:6906-14. [PMID: 18175803 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m708865200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Vertebrate myosin Va is a dimeric processive motor that walks on actin filaments to deliver cargo. In contrast, the two class V myosins in budding yeast, Myo2p and Myo4p, are non-processive (Reck-Peterson, S. L., Tyska, M. J., Novick, P. J., and Mooseker, M. S. (2001) J. Cell Biol. 153, 1121-1126). We previously showed that a chimera with the motor domain of Myo4p on the backbone of vertebrate myosin Va was processive, demonstrating that the Myo4p motor domain has a high duty ratio. Here we examine the properties of a chimera containing the rod and globular tail of Myo4p joined to the motor domain and neck of mouse myosin Va. Surprisingly, the adaptor protein She3p binds to the rod region of Myo4p and forms a homogeneous single-headed myosin-She3p complex, based on sedimentation equilibrium and velocity data. We propose that She3p forms a heterocoiled-coil with Myo4p and is a subunit of the motor. She3p does not affect the maximal actin-activated ATPase in solution or the velocity of movement in an ensemble in vitro motility assay. At the single molecule level, the monomeric myosin-She3p complex showed no processivity. When this construct was dimerized with a leucine zipper, short processive runs were obtained. Robust continuous movement was observed when multiple monomeric myosin-She3p motors were bound to a quantum dot "cargo." We propose that continuous transport of mRNA by Myo4p-She3p in yeast is accomplished either by multiple high duty cycle monomers or by molecules that may be dimerized by She2p, the homodimeric downstream binding partner of She3p.
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- Alex R Hodges
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA
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Szczesna-Cordary D, Jones M, Moore JR, Watt J, Kerrick WGL, Xu Y, Wang Y, Wagg C, Lopaschuk GD. Myosin regulatory light chain E22K mutation results in decreased cardiac intracellular calcium and force transients. FASEB J 2007; 21:3974-85. [PMID: 17606808 DOI: 10.1096/fj.07-8630com] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The glutamic acid to lysine mutation at the 22nd amino acid residue (E22K) in the human cardiac myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) gene causes familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (FHC) with a phenotype of midventricular obstruction and septal hypertrophy. Our recent histopathology results have shown that the hearts of transgenic E22K mice (Tg-E22K) resemble those of human patients, demonstrating enlarged interventricular septa and papillary muscles. In this study, we show no effect of the E22K mutation on the kinetics of mutated myosin in its ATP-powered interaction with fluorescently labeled single actin filaments compared to nontransgenic or transgenic wild-type (Tg-WT) control mice. Likewise, no change in cross-bridge dissociation rates (g(app)) was observed in freshly skinned papillary muscle fibers. In contrast, maximal force and ATPase were decreased approximately 20% in Tg-E22K skinned papillary muscle fibers and intracellular [Ca2+] and force transients were significantly decreased in intact papillary muscle fibers from Tg-E22K compared to Tg-WT mice. Moreover, energy metabolism measured in isolated working Tg-E22K mouse hearts perfused under conditions of physiologically relevant levels of metabolic demand was similar in Tg-E22K and control hearts before and after 20 min of no-flow ischemia. Our results suggest that the pathological response observed in the E22K myocardium might be triggered by mutation induced changes in the properties of the RLC Ca2+-Mg2+ site, the state of the Ca2+/Mg2+ occupancy and consequently the Ca2+ buffering ability of the RLC. By decreasing the affinity of the RLC for Ca2+, the E22K mutation most likely promotes a Mg2+-saturated RLC producing less force and ATPase than the Ca2+-saturated RLC of WT fibers. Decreased Ca2+ binding may also lead to faster Ca2+ dissociation kinetics in Tg-E22K intact fibers resulting in decreased duration and amplitude of [Ca2+] and force transients. These changes when placed in vivo would result in higher workloads and consequently cardiac hypertrophy.
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- Danuta Szczesna-Cordary
- University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology (R-189), P.O. Box 016189, 1600 NW 10 Ave, Rm. 6113, Miami, FL 33101, USA.
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Myosin V is a molecular motor that moves cargo along actin filaments. Its two heads, each attached to a long and relatively stiff neck, move alternately forward in a "hand-over-hand" fashion. To observe under a microscope how the necks move, we attached a micrometer-sized rod to one of the necks. The leading neck swings unidirectionally forward, whereas the trailing neck, once lifted, undergoes extensive Brownian rotation in all directions before landing on a site ahead of the leading head. The neck-neck joint is essentially free, and the neck motion supports a mechanism where the active swing of the leading neck biases the random motion of the lifted head to let it eventually land on a forward site.
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- Katsuyuki Shiroguchi
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Okubo 3-4-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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Kinosita K, Shiroguchi K, Ali MY, Adachi K, Itoh H. On the walking mechanism of linear molecular motors. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2007; 592:369-84. [PMID: 17278380 DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-38453-3_31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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- Kazuhiko Kinosita
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Waseda University, Okubo 3-4-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
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The precise details of how myosin-V coordinates the biochemical reactions and mechanical motions of its two head elements to engineer effective processive molecular motion along actin filaments remain unresolved. We compare a quantitative kinetic model of the myosin-V walk, consisting of five basic states augmented by two further states to allow for futile hydrolysis and detachments, with experimental results for run lengths, velocities, and dwell times and their dependence on bulk nucleotide concentrations and external loads in both directions. The model reveals how myosin-V can use the internal strain in the molecule to synchronize the motion of the head elements. Estimates for the rate constants in the reaction cycle and the internal strain energy are obtained by a computational comparison scheme involving an extensive exploration of the large parameter space. This scheme exploits the fact that we have obtained analytic results for our reaction network, e.g., for the velocity but also the run length, diffusion constant, and fraction of backward steps. The agreement with experiment is often reasonable but some open problems are highlighted, in particular the inability of such a general model to reproduce the reported dependence of run length on ADP concentration. The novel way that our approach explores parameter space means that any confirmed discrepancies should give new insights into the reaction network model.
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- Karl I Skau
- Department of Mathematics, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom
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Shima T, Imamula K, Kon T, Ohkura R, Sutoh K. Head-head coordination is required for the processive motion of cytoplasmic dynein, an AAA+ molecular motor. J Struct Biol 2006; 156:182-9. [PMID: 16677823 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2005] [Revised: 03/17/2006] [Accepted: 03/27/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cytoplasmic dynein is an AAA(+)-type molecular motor whose major components are two identical heavy chains containing six AAA(+) modules in tandem. It moves along a single microtubule in multiple steps which are accompanied with multiple ATP hydrolysis. This processive sliding is crucial for cargo transports in vivo. To examine how cytoplasmic dynein exhibits this processivity, we performed in vitro motility assays of two-headed full-length or truncated single-headed heavy chains. The results indicated that four to five molecules of the single-headed heavy chain were required for continuous microtubule sliding, while approximately one molecule of the two-headed full-length heavy chain was enough for the continuous sliding. The ratio of the stroking time to the total ATPase cycle time, which is a quantitative indicator of the processivity, was approximately 0.2 for the single-headed heavy chain, while it was approximately 0.6 for the full-length molecule. When two single-headed heavy chains were artificially linked by a coiled-coil of myosin, the processivity was restored. These results suggest that the two heads of a single cytoplasmic dynein communicate with each other to take processive steps along a microtubule.
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- Tomohiro Shima
- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Komaba 3-8-1, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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Syed S, Snyder GE, Franzini-Armstrong C, Selvin PR, Goldman YE. Adaptability of myosin V studied by simultaneous detection of position and orientation. EMBO J 2006; 25:1795-803. [PMID: 16601691 PMCID: PMC1456946 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2005] [Accepted: 03/02/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We studied the structural dynamics of chicken myosin V by combining the localization power of fluorescent imaging with one nanometer accuracy (FIONA) with the ability to detect angular changes of a fluorescent probe. The myosin V was labeled with bifunctional rhodamine on one of its calmodulin light chains. For every 74 nm translocation, the probe exhibited two reorientational motions, associated with alternating smaller and larger translational steps. Molecules previously identified as stepping alternatively 74-0 nm were found to actually step 64-10 nm. Additional tilting often occurred without full steps, possibly indicating flexibility of the attached myosin heads or probing of their vicinity. Processive myosin V molecules sometimes shifted from the top to the side of actin, possibly to avoid an obstacle. The data indicate marked adaptability of this molecular motor to a nonuniform local environment and provide strong support for a straight-neck model of myosin V in which the lever arm of the leading head is tilted backwards at the prepowerstoke angle.
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- Sheyum Syed
- Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
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- Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
- Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA
- Loomis Lab of Physics, University of Illinois, 1110 W. Green St, Urbana, IL 61801, USA. Tel.: +1 217 244 3371; Fax: +1 217 244 7559; E-mail:
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- Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, D700 Richards Bldg, 3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6083, USA. Tel.: +1 215 898 4017; Fax: +1 215 898 2653; E-mail:
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The cytoplasm of cells is teaming with vesicles and other cargo that are moving along tracks of microtubules or actin filaments, powered by myosins, kinesins and dyneins. Myosin V has been implicated in several types of intracellular transport. The mechanism by which myosin V moves processively along actin filaments has been the subject of many biophysical and biochemical studies and a consensus is starting to emerge about how this minute molecular motor operates.
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- James R Sellers
- Laboratory of Molecular Physiology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1762, USA.
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Nosaka M. Geometrical correspondence identified and a new interaction unit suggested in striated muscle. J Theor Biol 2006; 238:464-73. [PMID: 16112137 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2004] [Revised: 06/01/2005] [Accepted: 06/03/2005] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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It has long been believed that the periodic structure of the myosin helix is a consequence only of compressing the actin-myosin interaction sites. Here, we identify a length correspondence between the smallest helical unit on the thick filament and the helical pitch of the actin filaments in two different contractile muscles. This suggests a rotation/swing of the filaments that creates a new interaction unit in addition to the single interaction between an actin filament and a myosin head. Numerical characteristics of the single interaction are estimated from discussion about an in vivo interaction utilizing the new unit. The estimated twisted angle of the actin filaments is consistent with that calculated from its torsion rigidity and the evaluated step sizes per cross-bridge can be performed by a single bend of a myosin head. By comparing our evaluated step sizes with experimental results, we conclude that the most plausible mechanism at the force-recovery stage involves swings or rotations of both filaments in the same direction (clockwise).
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- Michiko Nosaka
- Sasebo National College of Technology, Material and Biological Engineering, 1-1 Okishin-chou, Sasebo, Nagasaki 857-1193, Japan.
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Kinosita K, Ali MY, Adachi K, Shiroguchi K, Itoh H. How two-foot molecular motors may walk. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2006; 565:205-18; discussion 218-9, 379-95. [PMID: 16106977 DOI: 10.1007/0-387-24990-7_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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- Kazuhiko Kinosita
- Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Higashiyama 5-1, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan
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Terrak M, Rebowski G, Lu RC, Grabarek Z, Dominguez R. Structure of the light chain-binding domain of myosin V. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:12718-23. [PMID: 16120677 PMCID: PMC1200277 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0503899102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Myosin V is a double-headed molecular motor involved in organelle transport. Two distinctive features of this motor, processivity and the ability to take extended linear steps of approximately 36 nm along the actin helical track, depend on its unusually long light chain-binding domain (LCBD). The LCBD of myosin V consists of six tandem IQ motifs, which constitute the binding sites for calmodulin (CaM) and CaM-like light chains. Here, we report the 2-A resolution crystal structure of myosin light chain 1 (Mlc1p) bound to the IQ2-IQ3 fragment of Myo2p, a myosin V from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This structure, combined with FRET distance measurements between probes in various CaM-IQ complexes, comparative sequence analysis, and the previously determined structures of Mlc1p-IQ2 and Mlc1p-IQ4, allowed building a model of the LCBD of myosin V. The IQs of myosin V are distributed into three pairs. There appear to be specific cooperative interactions between light chains within each IQ pair, but little or no interaction between pairs, providing flexibility at their junctions. The second and third IQ pairs each present a light chain, whether CaM or a CaM-related molecule, bound in a noncanonical extended conformation in which the N-lobe does not interact with the IQ motif. The resulting free N-lobes may engage in protein-protein interactions. The extended conformation is characteristic of the single IQ of myosin VI and is common throughout the myosin superfamily. The model points to a prominent role of the LCBD in the function, regulation, and molecular interactions of myosin V.
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- Mohammed Terrak
- Boston Biomedical Research Institute, 64 Grove Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
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Warshaw DM. Lever arms and necks: a common mechanistic theme across the myosin superfamily. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 2005; 25:467-74. [PMID: 15630611 DOI: 10.1007/s10974-004-1767-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- David M Warshaw
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA.
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Veigel C, Schmitz S, Wang F, Sellers JR. Load-dependent kinetics of myosin-V can explain its high processivity. Nat Cell Biol 2005; 7:861-9. [PMID: 16100513 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 220] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2005] [Accepted: 07/25/2005] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Recent studies provide strong evidence that single myosin class V molecules transport vesicles and organelles processively along F-actin, taking several 36-nm steps, 'hand over hand', for each diffusional encounter. The mechanisms regulating myosin-V's processivity remain unknown. Here, we have used an optical-tweezers-based transducer to measure the effect of load on the mechanical interactions between rabbit skeletal F-actin and a single head of mouse brain myosin-V, which produces its working stroke in two phases. We found that the lifetimes of the first phase of the working stroke changed exponentially and about 10-fold over a range of pushing and pulling forces of +/- 1.5 pN. Stiffness measurements suggest that intramolecular forces could approach 3.6 pN when both heads are bound to F-actin, in which case extrapolation would predict the detachment kinetics of the front head to slow down 50-fold and the kinetics of the rear head to accelerate respectively. This synchronizing effect on the chemo-mechanical cycles of the heads increases the probability of the trail head detaching first and causes a strong increase in the number of forward steps per diffusional encounter over a system with no strain dependence.
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- Claudia Veigel
- Physical Biochemistry, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK.
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Nyitrai M, Geeves MA. Adenosine diphosphate and strain sensitivity in myosin motors. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2005; 359:1867-77. [PMID: 15647162 PMCID: PMC1693474 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2004.1560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The release of adenosine diphosphate (ADP) from the actomyosin cross-bridge plays an important role in the adenosine-triphosphate-driven cross-bridge cycle. In fast contracting muscle fibres, the rate at which ADP is released from the cross-bridge correlates with the maximum shortening velocity of the muscle fibre, and in some models the rate of ADP release defines the maximum shortening velocity. In addition, it has long been thought that the rate of ADP release could be sensitive to the load on the cross-bridge and thereby provide a molecular explanation of the Fenn effect. However, direct evidence of a strain-sensitive ADP-release mechanism has been hard to come by for fast muscle myosins. The recently published evidence for a strain-sensing mechanism involving ADP release for slower muscle myosins, and in particular non-muscle myosins, is more compelling and can provide the mechanism of processivity for motors such as myosin V. It is therefore timely to examine the evidence for this strain-sensing mechanism. The evidence presented here will argue that a strain-sensitive mechanism of ADP release is universal for all myosins but the basic mechanism has evolved in different ways for different types of myosin. Furthermore, this strain-sensing mechanism provides a way of coordinating the action of multiple myosin motor domains in a single myosin molecule, or in complex assemblies of myosins over long distances without invoking a classic direct allosteric or cooperative communication between motors.
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- Miklós Nyitrai
- Department of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NJ, UK
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Churchman LS, Okten Z, Rock RS, Dawson JF, Spudich JA. Single molecule high-resolution colocalization of Cy3 and Cy5 attached to macromolecules measures intramolecular distances through time. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:1419-23. [PMID: 15668396 PMCID: PMC545495 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0409487102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 269] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Here we present a technique called single-molecule high-resolution colocalization (SHREC) of fluorescent dyes that allows the measurement of interfluorophore distances in macromolecules and macromolecular complexes with better than 10-nm resolution. By using two chromatically differing fluorescent molecules as probes, we are able to circumvent the Rayleigh criterion and measure distances much smaller than 250 nm. The probes are imaged separately and localized individually with high precision. The registration between the two imaging channels is measured by using fiduciary markers, and the centers of the two probes are mapped onto the same space. Multiple measurements can be made before the fluorophores photobleach, allowing intramolecular and intermolecular distances to be tracked through time. This technique's lower resolution limit lies at the upper resolution limit of single molecule FRET (smFRET) microscopy. The instrumentation and fluorophores used for SHREC can also be used for smFRET, allowing the two types of measurements to be made interchangeably, covering a wide range of interfluorophore distances. A dual-labeled duplex DNA molecule (30 bp) was used as a 10-nm molecular ruler to confirm the validity of the method. We also used SHREC to study the motion of myosin V. We directly observed myosin V's alternating heads while it walked hand-over-hand along an actin filament.
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- L Stirling Churchman
- Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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