Table of Contents

Introduction Myosin I Myosin II Myosin III Myosin V Myosin VI Myosin VII Myosin IX Myosin XV Myosin Structure Functional properties of myosin Covalent derivatization of myosin Regulation Mutations in myosin Bibliography Protein Sequence Aligmnents

Reviews

"The myosins are a diverse superfamily of molecular motor proteins that share the ability to reversibly bind actin and hydrolyze MgATP. Sellers (molecular cardiology, US National Institutes of Health) explores their structure and functional properties, their regulation, and mutational analysis. The 1995 edition has been updated with three additional classes defined by new sequences, information from the crystal structure of seven new Dicytostelium motor domains and three new smooth muscle myosin heads, and data from new techniques such as molecular imaging and tagging proteins with GFP. It includes a glossary of nearly 3,000 references . . ."--SciTech Book News