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The cardiac-specific N-terminal region of troponin I positions the regulatory domain of troponin C.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 7 Oct 2014
Hwang Peter M, Cai Fangze, Pineda-Sanabria Sandra E, Corson David C, Sykes Brian D
Abstract excerpt
The cardiac isoform of troponin I (cTnI) has a unique 31-residue N-terminal region that binds cardiac troponin C (cTnC) to increase the calcium sensitivity of the sarcomere. The interaction can be abolished by cTnI phosphorylation at Ser22 and Ser23, an important mechanism for regulating cardiac contractility. cTnC contains two EF-hand domains (the N and C domain of cTnC, cNTnC and cCTnC) connected by a flexible...
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