Drosophila myosin VIIA is a high duty ratio motor with a unique kinetic mechanism.

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Mutations of myosin VIIA cause deafness in various species from human and mice to Zebrafish and Drosophila. We analyzed the kinetic mechanism of the ATPase cycle of Drosophila myosin VIIA by using a single-headed construct with the entire neck domain. The steady-state ATPase activity (0.06 s(-1)) was markedly activated by actin to yield V(max) and K(ATPase) of 1.72 s(-1) and 3.2 microm, respectively. The most...

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