title: Molecular motors: a finicky myosin V chooses its own path.
abstract: Cytoskeletal trafficking systems are becoming more complex at every turn. A new study reports that a yeast myosin V walks on only a select few actin filaments - those that are decorated with tropomyosin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. rrock@uchicago.edu
authors.forename: Ronald S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Rock
mesh_terms: D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains / Q000502:physiology*; D024701:Myosin Type V / Q000502:physiology*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D014335:Tropomyosin / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: C077512:MYO2 protein, S cerevisiae; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; C490772:TPM1 protein, S cerevisiae; D014335:Tropomyosin; D024701:Myosin Type V; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains