# Editorial: Unconventional myosins in motile and contractile functions: fifty years on the stage

**Authors:** Manuel H. Taft, Maria Jolanta Redowicz

PMC · DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2024.1439746 · Frontiers in Physiology · 2024-06-12

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- **Genes:** spe-15 (Myosin VI cargo binding domain-containing protein;Myosin motor domain-containing protein) [NCBI Gene 171712], MYO18B (myosin XVIIIB) [NCBI Gene 84700] {aka KFS4}, MYO5A (myosin VA) [NCBI Gene 4644] {aka GS1, MYH12, MYO5, MYR12}, CALM1 (calmodulin 1) [NCBI Gene 801] {aka CALML2, CAM2, CAM3, CAMB, CAMC, CAMI}, MYO6 (myosin VI) [NCBI Gene 4646] {aka DFNA22, DFNB37}, MYO5C (myosin VC) [NCBI Gene 55930], MYO15A (myosin XVA) [NCBI Gene 51168] {aka DFNB3, MYO15}, MYO18A (myosin XVIIIA) [NCBI Gene 399687] {aka MAJN, MYSPDZ, SP-R210, SPR210, TIAF1}, DNAH8 (dynein axonemal heavy chain 8) [NCBI Gene 1769] {aka ATPase, SPGF46, hdhc9}, MYO7A (myosin VIIA) [NCBI Gene 4647] {aka DFNA11, DFNB2, MYOVIIA, MYU7A, NSRD2, USH1B}, MYO3A (myosin IIIA) [NCBI Gene 53904] {aka DFNA90, DFNB30}, MYH14 (myosin heavy chain 14) [NCBI Gene 79784] {aka DFNA4, DFNA4A, FP17425, MHC16, MYH17, NMHC II-C}, hum-8 (Myosin motor domain-containing protein) [NCBI Gene 176872]
- **Diseases:** muscle contraction (MESH:C536214), deafness (MESH:D003638), hearing loss (MESH:D034381)
- **Chemicals:** Pentabromopseudilin (MESH:C094409), cAMP (-), ATP (MESH:D000255)
- **Species:** Dictyostelium discoideum (species) [taxon 44689], Caenorhabditis elegans (species) [taxon 6239], Acanthamoeba castellanii (species) [taxon 5755], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

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