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?-Tropomyosin with a D175N or E180G Mutation in Only One Chain Differs from Tropomyosin with Mutations in Both Chains

Janco, Miro, Kalyva, Athanasia, Scellini, Beatrice, Piroddi, Nicoletta, Tesi, Chiara, Poggesi, Corrado, Geeves, Michael A. (2012) ?-Tropomyosin with a D175N or E180G Mutation in Only One Chain Differs from Tropomyosin with Mutations in Both Chains. Biochemistry, 51 (49). pp. 9880-9890. ISSN 0006-2960. (doi:10.1021/bi301323n) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:33207)

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Abstract

?-Tropomyosin (Tm) carrying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mutation D175N or E180G was expressed in Escherichia coli. We have assembled dimers of two polypeptide chains in vitro that carry one (??*) or two (?*?*) copies of the mutation. We found that the presence of the mutation has little effect on dimer assembly, thereby predicting that individuals heterozygous for the Tm mutations are likely to express both ??* and ?*?* Tm. Depending on the expression level, the heterodimer may be the predominant form in individuals carrying the mutation. Thus, it is important to define differences in the properties of Tm molecules carrying one or two copies of the mutation. We examined the Tm homo- and heterodimer properties: actin affinity, thermal stability, calcium regulation of myosin subfragment 1 binding, and calcium regulation of myofibril force. We report that the properties of the heterodimer may be similar to those of the wild-type homodimer (actin affinity, thermal stability, D175N ??*), similar to those of the mutant homodimer (calcium sensitivity, D175N ??*), intermediate between the two (actin affinity, E180G ??*), or different from both (thermal stability, E180G ??*). Thus, the properties of the homodimer are not a completely reliable guide to the properties of the heterodimer.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1021/bi301323n
Subjects: Q Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Depositing User: Susan Davies
Date Deposited: 11 Feb 2013 09:55 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:10 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/33207 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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