Myosin motors at neuronal synapses: drivers of membrane transport and actin dynamics

Expression and localization of myosin-1d in the developing nervous system

(2012) Andrew E. Benesh et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

ADF/Cofilin Regulates Actomyosin Assembly through Competitive Inhibition of Myosin II Binding to F-Actin

(2012) O'Neil Wiggan et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL CELL

Kinetic properties and small-molecule inhibition of human myosin-6

(2012) Sarah M. Heissler et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Arp2/3 complex–dependent actin networks constrain myosin II function in driving retrograde actin flow

(2012) Qing Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Overlap of cargo binding sites on myosin V coordinates the inheritance of diverse cargoes

(2012) P. Taylor Eves et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Microdomains in Forebrain Spines: an Ultrastructural Perspective

(2012) Bence Rácz et al.   MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY

Autophagy receptors link myosin VI to autophagosomes to mediate Tom1-dependent autophagosome maturation and fusion with the lysosome

(2012) David A. Tumbarello et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

GKAP orchestrates activity-dependent postsynaptic protein remodeling and homeostatic scaling

(2012) Seung Min Shin et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Distributed synergistic plasticity and cerebellar learning

(2012) Zhenyu Gao et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Differential Motion Dynamics of Synaptic Vesicles Undergoing Spontaneous and Activity-Evoked Endocytosis

(2012) Amy Peng et al.   NEURON

Nonmuscle myosin II exerts tension but does not translocate actin in vertebrate cytokinesis

(2012) X. Ma et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Principles of Unconventional Myosin Function and Targeting

(2011) M. Amanda Hartman et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Detailed Tuning of Structure and Intramolecular Communication Are Dispensable for Processive Motion of Myosin VI

(2011) Mary Williard Elting et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Myosin VI contributes to synaptic transmission and development at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction

(2011) Marta Kisiel et al.   BMC NEUROSCIENCE

Plus-end directed myosins accelerate actin filament sliding by single-headed myosin VI

(2011) Bhagavathi Ramamurthy et al.   Cytoskeleton

Synaptic transmission and plasticity are modulated by nonmuscle myosin II at the neuromuscular junction of Drosophila

(2011) Sara Seabrooke et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

A Role for Myosin Va in Cerebellar Plasticity and Motor Learning: A Possible Mechanism Underlying Neurological Disorder in Myosin Va Disease

(2011) M. Miyata et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Regulation of Synapse Structure and Function by Distinct Myosin II Motors

(2011) M. D. Rubio et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Myosin II motor activity in the lateral amygdala is required for fear memory consolidation

(2011) C. F. Gavin et al.   LEARNING & MEMORY

Reevaluating the Role of LTD in Cerebellar Motor Learning

(2011) Martijn Schonewille et al.   NEURON

Muskelin Regulates Actin Filament- and Microtubule-Based GABAA Receptor Transport in Neurons

(2011) Frank F. Heisler et al.   NEURON

Myosin IIB Activity and Phosphorylation Status Determines Dendritic Spine and Post-Synaptic Density Morphology

(2011) Jennifer L. Hodges et al.   PLoS One

Myosin Va and myosin VI coordinate their steps while engaged in an in vitro tug of war during cargo transport

(2011) M. Y. Ali et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rab GTPase-Myo5B complexes control membrane recycling and epithelial polarization

(2011) J. T. Roland et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Routes, destinations and delays: recent advances in AMPA receptor trafficking

(2011) Jeremy M. Henley et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Modulation of the mechano-chemical properties of myosin V by drebrin-E

(2010) Hiroaki Kubota et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Nucleotide-Dependent Shape Changes in the Reverse Direction Motor, Myosin VI

(2010) Chun Feng Song et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Nonmuscle Myosin II helps regulate synaptic vesicle mobility at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction

(2010) Sara Seabrooke et al.   BMC NEUROSCIENCE

Filamin-A and Myosin VI colocalize with fibrillary Tau protein in Alzheimer's disease and FTDP-17 brains

(2010) Sébastien Feuillette et al.   BRAIN RESEARCH

Myosin VI Rewrites the Rules for Myosin Motors

(2010) H. Lee Sweeney et al.   CELL

Switch between Large Hand-Over-Hand and Small Inchworm-like Steps in Myosin VI

(2010) So Nishikawa et al.   CELL

A network of networks: cytoskeletal control of compartmentalized function within dendritic spines

(2010) Nicholas A Frost et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

PTEN is recruited to the postsynaptic terminal for NMDA receptor-dependent long-term depression

(2010) Sandra Jurado et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

α-AP-2 Directs Myosin VI-dependent Endocytosis of Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Chloride Channels in the Intestine

(2010) Anne Collaco et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Myosin II activity regulates vinculin recruitment to focal adhesions through FAK-mediated paxillin phosphorylation

(2010) Ana M. Pasapera et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Actin in dendritic spines: connecting dynamics to function

(2010) Pirta Hotulainen et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Robust Mechanosensing and Tension Generation by Myosin VI

(2010) Peiying Chuan et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The role of myosin V in exocytosis and synaptic plasticity

(2010) Rüdiger Rudolf et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Myosin VI and its binding partner optineurin are involved in secretory vesicle fusion at the plasma membrane

(2010) Lisa M. Bond et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Video imaging of walking myosin V by high-speed atomic force microscopy

(2010) Noriyuki Kodera et al.   NATURE

Mutations of optineurin in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

(2010) Hirofumi Maruyama et al.   NATURE

Myosin-Va transports the endoplasmic reticulum into the dendritic spines of Purkinje neurons

(2010) Wolfgang Wagner et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Myosin VI: an innovative motor that challenged the swinging lever arm hypothesis

(2010) James A. Spudich et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Myosin IIb Regulates Actin Dynamics during Synaptic Plasticity and Memory Formation

(2010) Christopher S. Rex et al.   NEURON

Degradation of Postsynaptic Scaffold GKAP and Regulation of Dendritic Spine Morphology by the TRIM3 Ubiquitin Ligase in Rat Hippocampal Neurons

(2010) Albert Y. Hung et al.   PLoS One

Myosin Va cooperates with PKA RI  to mediate maintenance of the endplate in vivo

(2010) I. V. Roder et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Myosin VI and Optineurin Are Required for Polarized EGFR Delivery and Directed Migration

(2010) Margarita V. Chibalina et al.   TRAFFIC

Emerging complex pathways of the actomyosin powerstroke

(2010) András Málnási-Csizmadia et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Structural dynamics of dendritic spines in memory and cognition

(2010) Haruo Kasai et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Whole-Genome SNP Association in the Horse: Identification of a Deletion in Myosin Va Responsible for Lavender Foal Syndrome

(2010) Samantha A. Brooks et al.   PLoS Genetics

Myosin VI Undergoes Cargo-Mediated Dimerization

(2009) Cong Yu et al.   CELL

Griscelli syndrome type 1: a report of two cases and review of the literature

(2009) Ellen R. Thomas et al.   CLINICAL DYSMORPHOLOGY

Otoferlin interacts with myosin VI: implications for maintenance of the basolateral synaptic structure of the inner hair cell

(2009) P. Heidrych et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

Myosin VI is required for the proper maturation and function of inner hair cell ribbon synapses

(2009) Isabelle Roux et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

An Alternatively Spliced Isoform of Non-muscle Myosin II-C Is Not Regulated by Myosin Light Chain Phosphorylation

(2009) Siddhartha S. Jana et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Coupled myosin VI motors facilitate unidirectional movement on an F-actin network

(2009) Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Defining mechanisms of actin polymerization and depolymerization during dendritic spine morphogenesis

(2009) Pirta Hotulainen et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY

Myosin-Va-interacting protein, RILPL2, controls cell shape and neuronal morphogenesis via Rac signaling

(2009) M.-F. Lise et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

A protein-protein interaction of stress-responsive myosin VI endowed to inhibit neural progenitor self-replication with RNA binding protein, TLS, in murine hippocampus

(2009) Takeshi Takarada et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Disruption of the interaction between myosin VI and SAP97 is associated with a reduction in the number of AMPARs at hippocampal synapses

(2009) Joanne E. Nash et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROCHEMISTRY

Synaptic SAP97 Isoforms Regulate AMPA Receptor Dynamics and Access to Presynaptic Glutamate

(2009) C. L. Waites et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Molecular Architecture of Synaptic Actin Cytoskeleton in Hippocampal Neurons Reveals a Mechanism of Dendritic Spine Morphogenesis

(2009) Farida Korobova et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

MyosinV controls PTEN function and neuronal cell size

(2009) Michiel T. van Diepen et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Non-muscle myosin II takes centre stage in cell adhesion and migration

(2009) Miguel Vicente-Manzanares et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY

Cargo binding induces dimerization of myosin VI

(2009) D. Phichith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mutations in FUS, an RNA Processing Protein, Cause Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Type 6

(2009) C. Vance et al.   SCIENCE

Unconventional myosins acting unconventionally

(2009) Sarah Woolner et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Spine microdomains for postsynaptic signaling and plasticity

(2009) Thomas M. Newpher et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

BDNF signaling in the formation, maturation and plasticity of glutamatergic and GABAergic synapses

(2009) Kurt Gottmann et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

RASD2, MYH9, and CACNG2 Genes at Chromosome 22q12 Associated with the Subgroup of Schizophrenia with Non-Deficit in Sustained Attention and Executive Function

(2008) Yu-Li Liu et al.   BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY

Myosin-Vb functions as a dynamic tether for peripheral endocytic compartments during transferrin trafficking

(2008) D William Provance et al.   BMC CELL BIOLOGY

Myosin Vb Mobilizes Recycling Endosomes and AMPA Receptors for Postsynaptic Plasticity

(2008) Zhiping Wang et al.   CELL

Actin Dynamics Is Essential for Myosin-Based Transport of Membrane Organelles

(2008) Irina Semenova et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Genetic Characterization of the Drosophila jaguar322 Mutant Reveals That Complete Myosin VI Loss of Function Is Not Lethal

(2008) J. K. Morrison et al.   GENETICS

Alternative Splicing in Class V Myosins Determines Association with Rab10

(2008) Joseph T. Roland et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Whole-genome association study of bipolar disorder

(2008) P Sklar et al.   MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY

Direct observation of the mechanochemical coupling in myosin Va during processive movement

(2008) Takeshi Sakamoto et al.   NATURE

Actin and α-actinin orchestrate the assembly and maturation of nascent adhesions in a myosin II motor-independent manner

(2008) Colin K. Choi et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

MYO5B mutations cause microvillus inclusion disease and disrupt epithelial cell polarity

(2008) Thomas Müller et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Motor protein–dependent transport of AMPA receptors into spines during long-term potentiation

(2008) Susana S Correia et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Actin in action: the interplay between the actin cytoskeleton and synaptic efficacy

(2008) Lorenzo A. Cingolani et al.   NATURE REVIEWS NEUROSCIENCE

Long single α-helical tail domains bridge the gap between structure and function of myosin VI

(2008) Benjamin J Spink et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Understanding Synapses: Past, Present, and Future

(2008) Thomas C. Südhof et al.   NEURON

The Subspine Organization of Actin Fibers Regulates the Structure and Plasticity of Dendritic Spines

(2008) Naoki Honkura et al.   NEURON

Upregulation of Myo6 expression after traumatic stress in mouse hippocampus

(2008) Keisuke Tamaki et al.   NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS

Role of Myosin Va in the Plasticity of the Vertebrate Neuromuscular Junction In Vivo

(2008) Ira Verena Röder et al.   PLoS One

The B2 alternatively spliced isoform of nonmuscle myosin II-B lacks actin-activated MgATPase activity and in vitro motility

(2007) Kye-Young Kim et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Calcium and cargoes as regulators of myosin 5a activity

(2007) James R. Sellers et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS