Localization and role of MYO-1, an endocytic protein in hyphae of Neurospora crassa.

•MYO-1 is a component of the endocytic patches of N. crassa.•MYO-1 is close to the cortex and is recruited in earlier stages of endocytosis.•First phenotype description of Δmyo-1 mutant that is essential for Aspergillus spp.•MYO-1-deprived cells have a compromised actin cytoskeleton affecting the Spk.