Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.09.10.289546v1?rss=1 Authors: Ganichkin, O., Vancraenenbroeck, R., Rosenblum, G., Hofmann, H., Mikhailov, A. S., Daumke, O., Noel, J. K. Abstract: The mechano-chemical GTPase dynamin assembles on membrane necks of clathrin-coated vesicles into helical oligomers that constrict and eventually cleave the necks in a GTP-dependent way. It remains not clear whether dynamin achieves this via molecular motor activity and, if so, by what mechanism. Here, we used ensemble kinetics, single-molecule FRET and molecular dynamics simulations to characterize dynamin's GTPase cycle and determine the powerstroke strength. The results were incorporated into a coarse-grained structural model of dynamin filaments on realistic membrane templates. Working asynchronously, dynamin's motor modules were found to collectively constrict a membrane tube. Force is generated by motor dimers linking adjacent helical turns and constriction is accelerated by their strain-dependent dissociation. Consistent with experiments, less than a second is needed to constrict a membrane tube to the hemi-fission radius. Thus, a membrane remodeling mechanism relying on cooperation of molecular ratchet motors driven by GTP hydrolysis has been revealed. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info