Article
Inhibition of mutant troponin C activity by an intra-domain disulphide bond.
Nature - 10 May 1990
Grabarek Z, Tan R Y, Wang J, Tao T, Gergely J
Abstract excerpt
Triggering of contraction in striated muscles involves a conformational transition in the N-terminal domain of troponin C, the calcium-binding component of thin filaments. We have designed a mutant troponin C in which the key conformational transition and the calcium-regulatory activity are reversibly blocked by the formation of a disulphide bridge. Our results may be applicable to other proteins of the same...
Topics
- Animals
- Aziridines
- Binding Sites
- Calcium
- Crystallization
- Dansyl Compounds
- Disulfides
- Dithiothreitol
- Edetic Acid
- Fluorescent Dyes
- Muscle Contraction
- Mutation
