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Molecular Motors
General Characteristics of Molecular Motors
Motor proteins – bind to a polarized cytoskeletal filament and use the energy derived from repeated cycles of ATP hydrolysis to more steadily along it
-They differ in the type of filament they bind to, the direction in which they move along the filament, and the “cargo” they carry.
Myosin II Structure
Myosin was the first motor protein identified and is responsible for muscle contraction. It is formed from 2 heavy chains and 2 light chains.
Myosin II Thick Filament
Motor Activity is Located in the Myosin Head
Myosin Superfamily Tree
-Myosin tails have diversified during evolution to permit the proteins to dimerize with other subunits and to interact with different proteins or cargo. Humans have about 40 myosin genes
Kinesin
Kinesin is a motor protein that moves along microtubules
It was first identified is the giant axon of the squid, where it functions to carry organelles away from the neuronal cell body toward the axon terminal by walking toward the + end of microtubules
Many kinesins or kinesin-related proteins function in organelle movement or have specific roles in mitotic and meiotic spindle formation and chromosome separation.
Kinestin and Kinestin-Related Proteins
Goes towards + endGoes towards – endIncreases dynamic instabilityMonomer
Dynein Structure
Dyneins are a family of – end directed microtubules motors- are the largest and fastest molecular motors
Cytoplasmic dynein - important for vessicle trafficking and localization of the Golgi apparatus
Ciliary dynein - important in the beating of cilia and flagella
Myosin and Kinesin Structure
-They have nearly identical cores
Myosin Walking Cycle
Attached
Released
Cocked
Force-Generating
Attached
Rigor state
Comparison of Kinesin and Myosin
Motor Proteins are Adapted to Cell Functions
Kinesin –moves in a highly processive fashion, traveling hundred of ATPase cycles on a microtubule before dissociating
Myosin II – makes just one or a few steps along an actin filament before dissociating
Two Reasons:1. the cycles of the two motor heads in a kinesin dimer are coordinated with each other, so that one kinesin head does not let go until the other is ready to bind2. kinesin spends a larger fraction of its ATPase cycle tightly bound to the microtubule
Walking Direction of Kinesin Family Proteins
The coiled-coil domain seems to determine the directionality of movement
Attachment Model of Dynein to an Organelle
Motor proteins also have a significant role in organelle transport along actin filaments
Effect of Microtubule Depolymerization on the Golgi Apparatus
Green – Golgi apparatusRed – microtubules
Golgi are being positioned near the center of the cell by dyneins moving towards the – end of microtubules
Myosin V on Melanosomes
Black – melanosomesGreen – Myosin V
Melanosome Movements in Fish Pigmented Cells
-Both dynein and kinesin are associated with pigment granules
Regulation of Myosin II
Non-muscle myosin
Skeletal Muscle Cells
Skeletal Muscle Myofibrils
Longitudinal section
The Sarcomere
Sliding-Filament Model for Muscle Contration
Accessory Proteins in a Sarcomere
Alpha-actinin
Calcium Release in the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum
Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Contraction
TroponinT=tropomyosin bindingI=InhibitoryC=Ca++ binding
Resting stateI,T pulls tropomyosin out of its normal binding groove and blocks myosin
Active stateC binds Ca++ and releases tropomysoin allow the interaction of actin and myosin
Effect of Subtle Mutations in Cardiac Myosin
6-day old mouse
Flagella and Cilia Movements
Microtubules in a Flagellum or Cilium
Cilliary Dynein
Bending of an Axoneme
Structure of Basal Bodies
Kartagener’s syndrome – defect in ciliary dynein
Base of cilia and flagella, and centrioles