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Insights into human beta-cardiac myosin function from single molecule and single cell studies.
Journal of cardiovascular translational research - 1 Dec 2009
Sivaramakrishnan Sivaraj, Ashley Euan, Leinwand Leslie, Spudich James A
Abstract excerpt
beta-Cardiac myosin is a mechanoenzyme that converts the energy from ATP hydrolysis into a mechanical force that drives contractility in muscle. Thirty percent of the point mutations that result in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are localized to MYH7, the gene encoding human beta-cardiac myosin heavy chain (beta-MyHC). Force generation by myosins requires a tight and highly conserved allosteric coupling between its...
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