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Type-I myosins Myo3 and Myo5 are important for endocytic membrane reshaping in budding yeast, but mechanistic details of their function remain scarce.
In a budding yeast model, type-I myosins Myo3 and Myo5 drive endocytic membrane invagination by promoting actin polymerization in a dose-dependent manner, independent of their nucleation promoting activity.
Advances yeast endocytosis models via Myo3/Myo5; leaves open translation to mammalian membrane dynamics.
Clathrin-mediated endocytosis in budding yeast requires the formation of a dynamic actin network that produces the force to invaginate the plasma membrane against the intracellular turgor pressure. The type-I myosins Myo3 and Myo5 are important for endocytic membrane reshaping, but mechanistic details of their function remain scarce. Here, we studied the function of Myo3 and Myo5 during endocytosis using quantitative live-cell imaging and genetic perturbations. We show that the type-I myosins promote, in a dose-dependent way, the growth and expansion of the actin network, which controls the speed of membrane and coat internalization. We found that this myosin-activity is independent of the actin nucleation promoting activity of myosins, and cannot be compensated for by increasing actin nucleation. Our results suggest a new mechanism for type-I myosins to produce force by promoting actin filament polymerization.
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