New measurements prove myosin VI can act as molecular transporter

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Paul Selvin a John Bardeen Faculty Scholar of Physics at Illinois has performed new measureuments of one molecular motor myosin VI that show it can function individual ly as anchors or in pairs as transporters. The new results have helped to resolve ...
Paul Selvin, a John Bardeen Faculty Scholar of Physics at Illinois, has performed new measureuments of one molecular motor, myosin VI, that show it can function individual ly as anchors or in pairs as transporters. The new results have helped to resolve a research controversy. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

In living organisms, hundreds of different kinds of molecular motors perform a variety of essential, but little understood tasks that result in such actions as muscle contraction, cell division and the movement of materials within cells. Some motors act as transporters, some serve as anchors, and some may do both.


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