کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2076885 1079468 2007 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Tropomyosin as a regulator of the sliding movement of actin filaments
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه ریاضیات مدل‌سازی و شبیه سازی
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Tropomyosin as a regulator of the sliding movement of actin filaments
چکیده انگلیسی
We examined the capacity of tropomyosin molecules regulating the sliding movement of actin filaments on myosin molecules in the presence of ATP molecules to be hydrolyzed. For this objective, we prepared tropomyosin molecules modified to be a little bit stiffer compared to the intact ones by applying a fixed cross-linker between a pair of twisted tropomyosin monomers. The cross-linked tropomyosin molecules, when complexed with actin filaments, were found to inhibit the sliding movement of the filaments on myosin molecules even in the absence of calcium-regulated troponin molecules. It is then suggested that the mechanical flexibility of tropomyosin molecules may be instrumental to actualizing the proper functional regulation of the sliding movement of actin filaments.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biosystems - Volume 90, Issue 2, September–October 2007, Pages 449-455
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