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Distortion of the Actin A-Triad Results in Contractile Disinhibition and Cardiomyopathy.
Cell reports - 12 Sept 2017
Viswanathan Meera C, Schmidt William, Rynkiewicz Michael J, Agarwal Karuna, Gao Jian, Katz Joseph, Lehman William, Cammarato Anthony
Abstract excerpt
Striated muscle contraction is regulated by the movement of tropomyosin over the thin filament surface, which blocks or exposes myosin binding sites on actin. Findings suggest that electrostatic contacts, particularly those between K326, K328, and R147 on actin and tropomyosin, establish an energetically favorable F-actin-tropomyosin configuration, with tropomyosin positioned in a location that impedes actomyosin...
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