Comparison of effects of smooth and skeletal muscle tropomysins on interactions of actin and myosin subfragment 1

Biochemistry ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 23 (18) ◽  
pp. 4150-4155 ◽  
Author(s):  
David L. Williams ◽  
Lois E. Greene ◽  
Evan Eisenberg
1991 ◽  
Vol 279 (3) ◽  
pp. 711-718 ◽  
Author(s):  
D F A McKillop ◽  
M A Geeves

The co-operative binding of myosin subfragment 1 (S1) to reconstituted skeletal-muscle thin filaments has been examined by monitoring the fluorescence of a pyrene probe on Cys-374 of actin. The degree of co-operativity differs when phosphate, sulphate or ADP are bound to the S1 active site. Binding isotherms have been analysed according to the Geeves & Halsall [(1987) Biophys. J. 52, 215-220] model, which proposed that troponin and tropomyosin effected regulation of the actomyosin interaction by controlling an isomerization of the actomyosin complex. The data support the proposal that seven actin monomers associated with a single tropomyosin molecule act as a co-operative unit that can be in one of two states. In the ‘closed’ state myosin can bind to actin, but the subsequent isomerization is prevented. The isomerization is only allowed after the seven-actin unit is in the ‘open’ form. Ca2+ controls the proportion of actin filaments in the ‘closed’ and ‘open’ forms in the absence of myosin heads. The ratio of ‘closed’ to ‘open’ forms is approx. 50:1 in the absence of Ca2+ and 5:1 in its presence.


We have used actin labelled in Cys–374 with N -(1-pyrenyl)iodoacetamide to monitor the dynamics and equilibria of the interaction between myosin subfragment 1 and the actin–troponin–tropomyosin complex in the presence of calcium. These results are compared with those obtained for pure actin and myosin subfragment 1. The sensitivity of this fluorescent label allowed us to measure the binding affinity of myosin subfragment 1 for actin directly by fluorescence titration. The affinity of subfragment 1 for actin is increased sixfold by troponin–tropomyosin in the presence of calcium. Kinetic studies of the interaction of subfragment 1 and actin have revealed an isomerization of the actin–subfragment 1 complex from a state in which actin is weakly bound ( K a = 5.9 x 10 4 M -1 ) to a more tightly bound complex ( K a = 1.7 x 10 7 M -1 ) (Coates, Criddle & Geeves (1985) Biochem. J. 232, 351). Results in the presence of troponin–tropomyosin show the same isomerization. The sixfold increase in affinity of subfragment 1 for actin is shown to be due to a decrease in the rate of dissociation of actin from the weakly bound complex.


2002 ◽  
Vol 366 (2) ◽  
pp. 643-651 ◽  
Author(s):  
David S. PEARSON ◽  
Georg HOLTERMANN ◽  
Patricia ELLISON ◽  
Christine CREMO ◽  
Michael A. GEEVES

Reactions involving proteins frequently involve large changes in volume, which allows the equilibrium position to be perturbed by changes in pressure. Rapid changes in pressure can thus be used to initiate relaxation in pressure; however, this approach is seldom used, because it requires specialized equipment. We have built a microvolume (50μl) pressure-jump apparatus, powered by a piezoelectric actuator, based on the original design of Clegg and Maxfield [(1976) Rev. Sci. Instrum. 47, 1383–1393]. This equipment can apply pressure changes of ±20MPa (maximally) in time periods as short as 80μs and follow the resulting change in fluorescence signals. The system is relatively simple to use with fast (approx. 1min) exchange of samples. In the present study, we show that this system can perturb the binding of 2′(3′)-O-(N-methylanthraniloyl)-ADP to myosin subfragment-1(S1) from skeletal and smooth muscles. The kinetic data are consistent with previous work, and in addition show that, although 2′(3′)-O-(N-methylanthraniloyl)-ADP binds with a similar affinity to both proteins, the increase in molar volume for the skeletal-muscle S1 binding to ADP is half of that for the smooth-muscle protein. This high-volume change for smooth-muscle S1 may be related to the ability of ADP to induce a 23° tilt in the tail of S1 bound to actin.


1997 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Claire ◽  
Robert Pecora ◽  
Stefan Highsmith

2003 ◽  
Vol 43 (supplement) ◽  
pp. S129
Author(s):  
H. Iwamoto ◽  
T. Uyeda ◽  
E. Katayama ◽  
J. Wakayama ◽  
T. Tamura ◽  
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