Disassembly and reconstitution of the Ca2+-sensitive thin filaments of vascular smooth muscle |
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Authors: | C W Smith S B Marston |
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Affiliation: | Cardiothoracic Institute, 2 Beaumont Street, London WIN 2DX, England |
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Abstract: | The Ca2+-sensitive thin filaments of aorta smooth muscle have been, disassembled into their constituent proteins, actin, tropomyosin and a 120-kDa protein. The 120-kDa protein bound to aorta actin-tropomyosin and inhibited its ability to activate myosin MgATPase. This inhibition correlated with the binding of one 120-kDa protein molecule per 29 actin monomers. Upon the addition of calmodulin to the actin-tropomyosin-120-kDa protein complex, the inhibition was relieved in 10(-4) M Ca2+ but not 10(-9) M Ca2+. The full release of inhibition was not accompanied by a full release of 120-kDa protein binding to actin-tropomyosin. A fully active, Ca2+-sensitive aorta thin filament has thus been reconstituted from just four components: actin, tropomyosin, 120-kDa protein and calmodulin. |
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