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Regulatory light chain mutations associated with cardiomyopathy affect myosin mechanics and kinetics.
Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology - 1 Jan 2009
Greenberg Michael J, Watt James D, Jones Michelle, Kazmierczak Katarzyna, Szczesna-Cordary Danuta, Moore Jeffrey R
Abstract excerpt
The myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) wraps around the alpha-helical neck region of myosin. This neck region has been proposed to act as a lever arm, amplifying small conformational changes in the myosin head to generate motion. The RLC serves an important structural role, supporting the myosin neck region and a modulatory role, tuning the kinetics of the actin myosin interaction. Given the importance of the...
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