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Controlling load-dependent kinetics of β-cardiac myosin at the single-molecule level.
Nature structural & molecular biology - 1 Jun 2018
Liu Chao, Kawana Masataka, Song Dan, Ruppel Kathleen M, Spudich James A
Abstract excerpt
Concepts in molecular tension sensing in biology are growing and have their origins in studies of muscle contraction. In the heart muscle, a key parameter of contractility is the detachment rate of myosin from actin, which determines the time that myosin is bound to actin in a force-producing state and, importantly, depends on the load (force) against which myosin works. Here we measure the detachment rate of...
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