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Mechanism of direct coupling between binding and induced structural change in regulatory calcium binding proteins.
Biochemistry - 15 Apr 1997
Gagné S M, Li M X, Sykes B D
Abstract excerpt
The structural transition in troponin C induced by the binding of two calcium ions involves an "opening" of the structure, an event that triggers skeletal muscle contraction. We have solved the solution structure of a mutant (E41A) of the regulatory domain of skeletal troponin C wherein one bidentate ligand to the calcium in site I is missing. This structure remains "closed" upon calcium binding, indicating that...
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