atomic-resolution images of the motor protein myosin V as it "walks" along other proteins, revealing new structural insights that advance the current model of protein motility and muscle contraction.

Scientists are reporting the first 3-D images of an individual ... Within the complex structure of these proteins lies the secrets of their function, and perhaps keys to drugs that block the ...

Numerous motor and structural proteins compose a highly ordered structure ... myosin heavy chain proteins are the molecular motors responsible for muscle contraction. Mutations in these proteins ...

However, these were static images of proteins taken out of the ... filament's molecular organization and thus into its function. The arrangement of the myosin molecules depends on their position ...

During hibernation, animals rely on stored energy reserves, particularly fats, to sustain their bodily functions ... hibernation affects the structure of two myosin proteins from the thirteen ...