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Single-myosin crossbridge interactions with actin filaments regulated by troponin-tropomyosin

Kad, Neil M, Kim, Scott, Warshaw, David M, VanBuren, Peter, Baker, Josh E (2005) Single-myosin crossbridge interactions with actin filaments regulated by troponin-tropomyosin. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 102 (47). pp. 16990-16995. ISSN 0027-8424. E-ISSN 1091-6490. (doi:10.1073/pnas.0506326102) (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:42949)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0506326102

Abstract

Striated muscle contraction is governed by the thin filament regulatory proteins troponin and tropomyosin. Here, we investigate the molecular mechanisms by which troponin-tropomyosin inhibits myosin's interactions with the thin filament in the absence of calcium by using a laser trap. The displacement events for a single-myosin molecule interacting with a reconstituted thin filament were shorter (step size = 5 nm) and prolonged (69 ms) compared with actin alone (11 nm and 26 ms, respectively). However, these changes alone do not account for the degree of inhibition of thin filament movement observed in an ensemble assay. Our investigations of single- and multiple-myosin molecules with regulated thin filaments suggest the primary basis for this inhibition derives from an approximately 100-fold decrease in the probability of myosin attaching to actin. At higher myosin concentrations, short bursts of motility are observed in a laser trap consistent with the strong binding of a single-myosin crossbridge, resulting in cooperative binding of other cycling crossbridges. We confirmed this cooperativity in the in vitro motility assay by observing thin filament translocation in the absence of calcium but at low [ATP], consistent with rigor activation. We have developed a simple mechanistic model that reproduces and provides insight into both the observed single-myosin molecule and ensemble data in the absence of Ca(2+). These data support the hypothesis that thin filament inhibition in the absence of Ca(2+) is largely achieved by modulating the rate of attachment and/or transition from the weakly to strongly bound state.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1073/pnas.0506326102
Subjects: Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Depositing User: Neil Kad
Date Deposited: 15 Sep 2014 19:00 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:17 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/42949 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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