肌球蛋白X(myosin X,Myo X)是一类尾部具有MyTH4(myosin tail homology 4,MyTH4)和FERM(band4.1/ezrin/radixin/moesin,FERM)结构域的非传统型肌球蛋白,广泛分布于脊椎动物细胞中.近几年的研究表明,Myo X尾部结构域能够与众多的信号分子相互作用,参与调节从丝状伪足形成到胞质分裂等多种细胞运动过程,但其具体的调控机制目前尚不完全清楚.Myo X作为一类连接细胞膜与细胞骨架的动力蛋白分子,它的研究越来越受到人们的关注,其功能的揭示将为进一步阐明细胞多种运动机制提供理论依据.
Myosin X(Myo X) is an unconventional myosin with a tail of homology 4-band 4.1/ezrin/radixin/moesin(MyTH4-FERM) tail.It is ubiquitously expressed in various mammalian tissues.Recently,Myo X was found to interact with several molecules involved in signal transduction pathways that affected the cellular motility processes ranging from filopodial formation to cytokinesis.Myo X,as one of the MyTH-FERM myosins,is increasingly recognized as a key mediator of membrane-cytoskeleton interactions,yet the exact mechanism of its function was not fully understood.In this review,the literature on Myo X and cell motility are summarized.