Conformationally altered aortic myosin light chains |
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Authors: | Meei Jyh Jiang Lan King Yuh-Jen Chao |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, 115 Taipai, Taiwan ROC;(2) Department of Biochemistry, Chang Gung Medical College, Kwei-San, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, ROC |
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Abstract: | Aorta smooth myosin contains two types of light chain, LC20 and LC17, which fold together with the N-terminal region of each heavy chain to form the globular head region of myosin. We demonstrate an altered conformation of LC20 after its separation from heavy chain by high concentrations of urea, on the basis of the following evidende: 1) A polyclonal antibody against LC20 was not able to recognize this conformationally altered form; 2) Myosin reconstituted from heavy chains and urea-dissociated light chains exhibited extremely low ATPase activity. Circular dichroism unfolding profiles showed that light chains dissociated from heavy chains by SDS appeared to be more stable than those generated by urea dissociation. |
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Keywords: | myosin light chains conformation aorta |
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