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Effect of temperature and the F27W mutation on the Ca2+ activated structural transition of trout cardiac troponin C.
Biochemistry - 3 Jun 2003
Gillis Todd E, Blumenschein Tharin M A, Sykes Brian D, Tibbits Glen F
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The Ca(2+) sensitivity of cardiac contractile element is reduced at lower temperatures, in contrast to that in fast skeletal muscle. Cardiac troponin C (cTnC) replacement in mammalian skinned fibers showed that TnC plays a critical role in this phenomenon (Harrison and Bers, (1990), Am. J. Physiol. 258, C282-8). Understanding the differences in affinity and structure between cTnCs from cold-adapted ectothermic...
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