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A hearing loss-associated myo1c mutation (R156W) decreases the myosin duty ratio and force sensitivity.
Biochemistry - 22 Mar 2011
Lin Tianming, Greenberg Michael J, Moore Jeffrey R, Ostap E Michael
Abstract excerpt
myo1c is a member of the myosin superfamily that has been proposed to function as the adaptation motor in vestibular and auditory hair cells. A recent study identified a myo1c point mutation (R156W) in a person with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. This mutated residue is located at the start of the highly conserved switch 1 region, which is a crucial element for the binding of nucleotide. We characterized...
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