| '''Myosin-Ia''' is a [[protein]] that in humans is encoded by the ''MYO1A'' [[gene]].<ref name="pmid8884266">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hasson T, Skowron JF, Gilbert DJ, Avraham KB, Perry WL, Bement WM, Anderson BL, Sherr EH, Chen ZY, Greene LA, Ward DC, Corey DP, Mooseker MS, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA | title = Mapping of unconventional myosins in mouse and human | journal = Genomics | volume = 36 | issue = 3 | pages = 431–9 |date=Feb 1997 | pmid = 8884266 | pmc = | doi = 10.1006/geno.1996.0488 }}</ref><ref name="pmid12736868">{{cite journal |vauthors=Donaudy F, Ferrara A, Esposito L, Hertzano R, Ben-David O, Bell RE, Melchionda S, Zelante L, Avraham KB, Gasparini P | title = Multiple mutations of MYO1A, a cochlear-expressed gene, in sensorineural hearing loss | journal = Am J Hum Genet | volume = 72 | issue = 6 | pages = 1571–7 |date=May 2003 | pmid = 12736868 | pmc = 1180318 | doi = 10.1086/375654 }}</ref><ref name="entrez">{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: MYO1A myosin IA| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=4640| accessdate = }}</ref> | | '''Myosin-Ia''' is a [[protein]] that in humans is encoded by the ''MYO1A'' [[gene]].<ref name="pmid8884266">{{cite journal |vauthors=Hasson T, Skowron JF, Gilbert DJ, Avraham KB, Perry WL, Bement WM, Anderson BL, Sherr EH, Chen ZY, Greene LA, Ward DC, Corey DP, Mooseker MS, Copeland NG, Jenkins NA | title = Mapping of unconventional myosins in mouse and human | journal = Genomics | volume = 36 | issue = 3 | pages = 431–9 |date=Feb 1997 | pmid = 8884266 | pmc = | doi = 10.1006/geno.1996.0488 }}</ref><ref name="pmid12736868">{{cite journal |vauthors=Donaudy F, Ferrara A, Esposito L, Hertzano R, Ben-David O, Bell RE, Melchionda S, Zelante L, Avraham KB, Gasparini P | title = Multiple mutations of MYO1A, a cochlear-expressed gene, in sensorineural hearing loss | journal = Am J Hum Genet | volume = 72 | issue = 6 | pages = 1571–7 |date=May 2003 | pmid = 12736868 | pmc = 1180318 | doi = 10.1086/375654 }}</ref><ref name="entrez">{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: MYO1A myosin IA| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=4640| accessdate = }}</ref> |
| The [[protein]] encoded by this gene belongs to the [[myosin]] superfamily. Myosins are molecular motors that, upon interaction with [[actin]] filaments, utilize energy from [[ATP hydrolysis]] to generate mechanical force. Each myosin has a conserved N-terminal motor domain that contains both ATP-binding and actin-binding sequences. Following the motor domain is a light-chain-binding 'neck' region containing 1-6 copies of a repeat element, the IQ motif, that serves as a binding site for [[calmodulin]] or other members of the [[EF hand|EF-hand]] superfamily of calcium-binding proteins. At the [[C-terminus]], each myosin class has a distinct tail domain that serves in dimerization, membrane binding, protein binding, and/or enzymatic activities and targets each myosin to its particular subcellular location. The myosin-1a protein is expressed by [[enterocytes]], the epithelial cells that line the luminal surface of the small intestine. In these cells the myosin-1a protein localizes specifically to the [[brush border]]. Experiments indicate that the brush border population of the encoded protein turns over rapidly, while its head and tail domains interact transiently with the core actin and plasma membrane, respectively. A rapidly exchanging pool of the myosin-1a protein binds to the actin core bundle, which turns over on a much slower timescale.<ref name="pmid11916846">{{cite journal |vauthors=Tyska MJ, Mooseker MS | title = MYO1A (brush border myosin I) dynamics in the brush border of LLC-PK1-CL4 cells | journal = Biophys. J. | volume = 82 | issue = 4 | pages = 1869–83 |date=April 2002 | pmid = 11916846 | pmc = 1301984 | url = http://www.biophysj.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/4/1869 | doi = 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75537-9 }}</ref> | | The [[protein]] encoded by this gene belongs to the [[myosin]] superfamily. Myosins are molecular motors that, upon interaction with [[actin]] filaments, utilize energy from [[ATP hydrolysis]] to generate mechanical force. Each myosin has a conserved N-terminal motor domain that contains both ATP-binding and actin-binding sequences. Following the motor domain is a light-chain-binding 'neck' region containing 1-6 copies of a repeat element, the IQ motif, that serves as a binding site for [[calmodulin]] or other members of the [[EF hand|EF-hand]] superfamily of calcium-binding proteins. At the [[C-terminus]], each myosin class has a distinct tail domain that serves in dimerization, membrane binding, protein binding, and/or enzymatic activities and targets each myosin to its particular subcellular location. The myosin-1a protein is expressed by [[enterocytes]], the epithelial cells that line the luminal surface of the small intestine. In these cells the myosin-1a protein localizes specifically to the [[brush border]]. Experiments indicate that the brush border population of the encoded protein turns over rapidly, while its head and tail domains interact transiently with the core actin and plasma membrane, respectively. A rapidly exchanging pool of the myosin-1a protein binds to the actin core bundle, which turns over on a much slower timescale.<ref name="pmid11916846">{{cite journal | vauthors = Tyska MJ, Mooseker MS | title = MYO1A (brush border myosin I) dynamics in the brush border of LLC-PK1-CL4 cells | journal = Biophys. J. | volume = 82 | issue = 4 | pages = 1869–83 | date = April 2002 | pmid = 11916846 | pmc = 1301984 | url = http://www.biophysj.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/4/1869 | doi = 10.1016/S0006-3495(02)75537-9 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20071227104735/http://www.biophysj.org/cgi/content/abstract/82/4/1869 | archivedate = 2007-12-27 | df = }}</ref> |