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To understand the mechanics and kinetic properties of cytoskeletal molecular motors such as myosin, typically the motor of interest needs to be expressed and purified and then analyzed using a range of in vitro-based assays. In this chapter, we describe how to express and purify myosin using the insect cell system, how to characterize the purified protein by mass photometry and negative-stain EM to assess its quality, and how to perform in vitro assays in which fluorescently labeled myosin walks along actin tracks, including a brief description of adapting these assays for MINFLUX imaging.

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Expression, Purification, and In Vitro Analysis of Myosin

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    2025年

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  • Glenn Carrington,
  • Yasuharu Takagi,
  • Oliver Umney,
  • Alistair Curd,
  • Jonathan E. Bird,
  • Michelle Peckham

摘要

To understand the mechanics and kinetic properties of cytoskeletal molecular motors such as myosin, typically the motor of interest needs to be expressed and purified and then analyzed using a range of in vitro-based assays. In this chapter, we describe how to express and purify myosin using the insect cell system, how to characterize the purified protein by mass photometry and negative-stain EM to assess its quality, and how to perform in vitro assays in which fluorescently labeled myosin walks along actin tracks, including a brief description of adapting these assays for MINFLUX imaging.