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The hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutations R403Q and R663H increase the number of myosin heads available to interact with actin.
Science advances - 1 Apr 2020
Sarkar Saswata S, Trivedi Darshan V, Morck Makenna M, Adhikari Arjun S, Pasha Shaik N, Ruppel Kathleen M, Spudich James A
Abstract excerpt
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) mutations in β-cardiac myosin and myosin binding protein-C (MyBP-C) lead to hypercontractility of the heart, an early hallmark of HCM. We show that hypercontractility caused by the HCM-causing mutation R663H cannot be explained by changes in fundamental myosin contractile parameters, much like the HCM-causing mutation R403Q. Using enzymatic assays with purified human β-cardiac...
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