Boron, though required only in minimal amounts, is vital for plant development. It strengthens cell walls and supports the ...

In this study, we show that myosin Va, an actin-based motor protein present at synaptic sites, mediates the transport of organelles that carry AMPARs into spines in an activity-dependent manner.

Muscle myosin, whose study dates back to 1864 ... "Kinesin superfamily motor proteins and intracellular transport." Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology . October 2009.

How this specificity arises is unclear because kinesin motors that transport vesicles ... distinct transmembrane proteins to dendrites is dependent on specific myosin motors and an intact actin ...

also has broader implications for understanding the condensation of other motile proteins that move under the influence of myosin motors. Myosins are ATP-dependent motor proteins associated with ...

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

The protein and lipid composition of these organelles is unique, a factor that is vital for their proper function. This necessitates tightly controlled transport of biomolecules from their sites ...

Muscle tissue is composed of a repeating structure of two protein filaments: myosin and actin. Myosin and actin filaments interact with each other to initiate muscle contractions and, over time ...

Myosin XI is a plant-specific motor protein that moves along actin filaments and helps in intracellular organelle transport. It also plays a central role in cytoplasmic streaming, a process that ...

A new study from Waseda University reveals that the motor protein myosin XI is essential for helping plants absorb boron ...