FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as MYO5A_CHICK, MYO5A. Processive actin-based motor that can move in large steps approximating the 36-nm pseudo-repeat of the actin filament. Involved in melanosome transport. Also mediates the transport of vesicles to the plasma membrane. May also be required for some polarization process involved in dendrite formation (By similarity). May be a homodimer, which associates with multiple calmodulin or myosin light chains.

EXTERNAL LINKS

uniprot
enzyme classification

MYO5A

Unconventional myosin-Va

MYO5A

Molecular Synopsis