The role of myosin Va in secretory granule trafficking and exocytosis

Biochem Soc Trans. 2006 Nov;34(Pt 5):671-4. doi: 10.1042/BST0340671.

Abstract

It emerges that myosin Va plays multiple roles in the trafficking of SGs (secretory granules). In addition to a function in the capture and transport of newly formed SGs in the F-actin-rich cortex, myosin Va is implicated in late transport events of these organelles, which precede their exocytosis. Consistent with these roles, interactions of myosin Va with an array of well-known proteins involved in regulated protein secretion have been documented.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Exocytosis / physiology*
  • Homeostasis
  • Humans
  • Melanosomes / physiology
  • Mutation
  • Myosin Heavy Chains / genetics
  • Myosin Heavy Chains / physiology*
  • Myosin Type V / genetics
  • Myosin Type V / physiology*
  • Protein Transport
  • Secretory Vesicles / physiology*

Substances

  • MYO5A protein, human
  • Myosin Type V
  • Myosin Heavy Chains