Yeast accomplish a variety of intracellular motile events with the aid
of mechanochemical enzymes known as motor proteins. This review cover
s the current state of knowledge on myosins, kinesins, dyneins, dynami
ns and SMC proteins present in yeast cells, and the most important dev
elopments in the study of yeast mitosis. Both topics have seen rapid p
rogress over the past few years.