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Novel Dictyostelium unconventional myosin MyoK is a class I myosin with the longest loop-1 insert and the shortest tail.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 24 Feb 1999
Yazu M, Adachi H, Sutoh K
Abstract excerpt
We have identified and sequenced a novel unconventional myosin termed MyoK in Dictyostelium. Like class XIV myosins, MyoK has a very short and basic tail and lacks light chain-binding IQ motifs. In contrast, a phylogenetic analysis of the motor domain (head) clearly indicated that MyoK belongs to class I myosins. Surprisingly, at the loop-1 site of the head, an insert of 142 amino acid residues was found, the...
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