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Nucleotide induced head-head interaction in myosin.

P A Kunz, K Loth, J G Watterson

    Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility
    |March 1, 1980
    PubMed
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    Area of Science:

    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Biology
    • Enzymology

    Background:

    • Myosin is a crucial motor protein involved in muscle contraction.
    • Understanding the functional dynamics of myosin's active sites is key to elucidating its mechanism.
    • Essential thiol groups in myosin play a role in its enzymatic activity.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the reaction sequence of essential thiol groups in isolated myosin with N-ethylmaleimide.
    • To determine the influence of pyrophosphate and nucleotides (ADP, ATP) on thiol group modification.
    • To explore the implications of these modifications on myosin's structural symmetry and head-head interactions.

    Main Methods:

    • Kinetics of N-ethylmaleimide modification reaction.
    • Assessing effects of modification on myosin enzyme properties.
    • Affinity chromatography of modified myosin subfragment-1.
    • Isolation and identification of cyanogen bromide and tryptic thiol peptides.

    Main Results:

    • In the absence of pyrophosphate, two thiol-1 groups per myosin reacted at equal rates, suggesting a symmetric microenvironment.
    • Nucleotides (ADP or ATP) induced sequential modification of thiol-1 on one head, followed by thiol-2 on the other.
    • This nucleotide-dependent sequential modification indicates non-equivalence in essential thiol microenvironments.

    Conclusions:

    • Myosin's active sites exhibit distinct microenvironments influenced by nucleotide binding.
    • Nucleotide binding promotes asymmetric head-head interactions in myosin.
    • This asymmetry is crucial for the functional mechanism of myosin.

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