Kintses, B. and Gyimesi, M. and Pearson, D.S. and Geeves, M.A. and Zeng, W. and Bagshaw, C.R. and Malnasi-Csizmadia, A. (2007) Reversible movement of switch 1 loop of myosin determines actin interaction. EMBO Journal, 26 (1). pp. 265-274. ISSN 0261-4189 .
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Abstract
The conserved switch 1 loop of P-loop NTPases is implicated as a central element that transmits information between the nucleotide-binding pocket and the binding site of the partner proteins. Recent structural studies have identified two states of switch 1 in G-proteins and myosin, but their role in the transduction mechanism has yet to be clarified. Single tryptophan residues were introduced into the switch 1 region of myosin II motor domain and studied by rapid reaction methods. We found that in the presence of MgADP, two states of switch 1 exist in dynamic equilibrium. Actin binding shifts the equilibrium towards one of the MgADP states, whereas ATP strongly favors the other. In the light of electron cryo-microscopic and X-ray crystallographic results, these findings lead to a specific structural model in which the equilibrium constant between the two states of switch 1 is coupled to the strength of the actin-myosin interaction. This has implications for the enzymatic mechanism of G-proteins and possibly P-loop NTPases in general
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | actomyosin interaction; G-proteins; Mg-binding; nucleotide binding; tryptophan fluorescence |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Science Technology and Medical Studies > School of Biosciences |
| Depositing User: | Maureen Cook |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2008 09:51 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2010 14:09 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/2838 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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