Mapping of actin-binding sites on the heavy chain of myosin subfragment 1

Biochemistry ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 1579-1585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuo Sutoh
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Chain ◽  
Binding Sites ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Myosin Subfragment ◽  
Myosin Subfragment 1

scholarly journals Correlation between calponin and myosin subfragment 1 binding to F-actin and ATPase inhibition

1997 ◽  
Vol 321 (2) ◽  
pp. 519-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pawel T. SZYMANSKI ◽  
Zenon GRABAREK ◽  
Terence TAO
Keyword(s):  
Troponin I ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Amino Acid Sequence Similarity ◽  
Smooth Muscle Contractility ◽  
Skeletal Muscle Myosin ◽  
Myosin Subfragment ◽  
Myosin Subfragment 1 ◽  
Muscle Myosin ◽  
Atpase Inhibition

Calponin is a thin-filament-associated protein that has been implicated in the regulation of smooth-muscle contractility. It binds to F-actin and inhibits the MgATPase activity of actomyosin. In the present work we have examined the effect of recombinant chicken gizzard α-calponin (RαCaP) on the binding of rabbit skeletal-muscle myosin subfragment 1 (S1) to F-actin and on the inhibition of its actin-activated MgATPase. We have found that binding of one RαCaP molecule to every three to four actin monomers is sufficient for maximal inhibition of actoŐS1 ATPase. At this RαCaP/actin ratio RαCaP does not interfere with S1 binding to F-actin. At higher concentrations, RαCaP displaces S1 from F-actin and a 1:1 RαCaPŐactin monomer complex is formed. RαCaP is also able to displace troponin I from its complex with F-actin which may reflect the amino acid sequence similarity between RαCaP and troponin I in their actin-binding regions.

scholarly journals Involvement of caldesmon at the actin-myosin interface

1992 ◽  
Vol 287 (2) ◽  
pp. 633-637 ◽  
Author(s):  
M C Harricane ◽  
E Fabbrizio ◽  
C Arpin ◽  
D Mornet
Keyword(s):  
Ternary Complex ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Cross Linking ◽  
Binary Complex ◽  
Binding Region ◽  
Myosin Subfragment ◽  
Myosin Subfragment 1 ◽  
Spacer Arm ◽  
Protein Components ◽  
Chemical Cross Linking

Addition of myosin subfragment 1 (S-1) to the actin-caldesmon binary complex, which forms bundles of actin filaments resulted in the formation of actin/caldesmon-decorated filaments [Harricane, Bonet-Kerrache, Cavadore & Mornet (1991) Eur. J. Biochem. 196, 219-224]. The present data provide further evidence that caldesmon and S-1 compete for a common actin-binding region and demonstrate that a change occurs in the actin-myosin interface induced by caldesmon. S-1 digested by trypsin, which has an actin affinity 100-fold weaker than that of native S-1, was efficiently removed from actin by caldesmon, but not completely dissociated. This particular ternary complex was stabilized by chemical cross-linking with carbodi-imide, which does not have any spacer arm, and revealed contact interfaces between the different protein components. Cross-linking experiments showed that the presence of caldesmon had no effect on stabilization of actin-(20 kDa domain), whereas the actin-(50 kDa domain) covalent association was significantly decreased, to the point of being virtually abolished.

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