The different structural states that the myosin VI motor adopts along the ATP hydrolysis cycle are indicated with detached states on the left (Post-rigor, 2VAS and Pre-powerstroke (PPS), 4ANJ) and actin-binding states on the right (PPS-4ANJ and Rigor, 2BKH). The motor is composed of important connectors (SwII, orange – relay, yellow – SH1 helix, red) and four subdomains (Nter, grey – U50, blue – L50, white – converter, green). Insert-2 and its bound Ca2+-calmodulin are in purple and pink.