Predicted to enable ATP binding activity; actin filament binding activity; and cytoskeletal motor activity. Predicted to be part of myosin complex. Is an ortholog of C. elegans
unc-54 and members of the C. elegans nmy and myo gene classes including
nmy-3 and
myo-6. In C. elegans,
myo-1 is involved in muscle contraction and nematode pharyngeal pumping.