No biological system has been studied by more diverse approaches than the actin-based molecular motor myosin. Biophysics, biochemistry, physiology, classical genetics and molecular genetics have ...

More information: Melissa A. Quintanilla et al, Local monomer levels and established filaments potentiate non-muscle myosin 2 assembly, Journal of Cell Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202305023 ...

An individual sarcomere contains many parallel actin (thin) and myosin (thick) filaments. The interaction of myosin and actin proteins is at the core of our current understanding of sarcomere ...