Publication Abstract from PubMed
The regulatory domain of scallop myosin is a three-chain protein complex that switches on this motor in response to Ca2+ binding. This domain has been crystallized and the structure solved to 2.8 A resolution. Side-chain interactions link the two light chains in tandem to adjacent segments of the heavy chain bearing the IQ-sequence motif. The Ca(2+)-binding site is a novel EF-hand motif on the essential light chain and is stabilized by linkages involving the heavy chain and both light chains, accounting for the requirement of all three chains for Ca2+ binding and regulation in the intact myosin molecule.
Structure of the regulatory domain of scallop myosin at 2.8 A resolution.,Xie X, Harrison DH, Schlichting I, Sweet RM, Kalabokis VN, Szent-Gyorgyi AG, Cohen C Nature. 1994 Mar 24;368(6469):306-12. PMID:8127365[1]
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