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Regulatory light chain mutants linked to heart disease modify the cardiac myosin lever arm.
Biochemistry - 19 Feb 2013
Burghardt Thomas P, Sikkink Laura A
Abstract excerpt
Myosin is the chemomechanical energy transducer in striated heart muscle. The myosin cross-bridge applies impulsive force to actin while consuming ATP chemical energy to propel myosin thick filaments relative to actin thin filaments in the fiber. Transduction begins with ATP hydrolysis in the cross-bridge driving rotary movement of a lever arm converting torque into linear displacement. Myosin regulatory light...
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