title: Communicative interaction of myosins along an actin filament in the presence of ATP.
abstract: Myosin molecules contacting an actin filament in the presence of ATP were found to regulate the filamental fluctuations due to ATP hydrolysis in a communicative manner along the filament. As an evidence of the occurrence of the communication, ATP-activated fluctuating displacements of the filament in the direction perpendicular to its longitudinal axis were identified to propagate at a finite velocity not less than about 0.2 micron/s unidirectionally along the filament.
authors.affiliation: Department of BioEngineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatori
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuno
mesh_terms: D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D009218:Myosins