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Effects of mutations in the gamma-phosphate binding site of myosin on its motor function.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 16 Oct 1998
Li X D, Rhodes T E, Ikebe R, Kambara T, White H D, Ikebe M
Abstract excerpt
The role of the highly conserved residues in the gamma-phosphate binding site of myosin upon myosin motor function was studied. Each of five residues (Ser181, Lys185, Asn235, Ser236, and Arg238) in smooth muscle myosin was mutated. K185Q has neither a steady state ATPase nor an initial Pi burst. Although ATP and actin bind to K185Q, it is not dissociated from actin by ATP. These results indicate that the...
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