myosin complex

id: GO:0016459
name: myosin complex
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A protein complex, formed of one or more myosin heavy chains plus associated light chains and other proteins, that functions as a molecular motor; uses the energy of ATP hydrolysis to move actin filaments or to move vesicles or other cargo on fixed actin filaments; has magnesium-ATPase activity and binds actin. Myosin classes are distinguished based on sequence features of the motor, or head, domain, but also have distinct tail regions that are believed to bind specific cargoes.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0016460myosin II complex
GO:0016461unconventional myosin complex
GO:0032982myosin filament
GO:0042642actomyosin, myosin complex part

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0043234protein complex
GO:0044430cytoskeletal part