Essential Light Chains of Myosin and Their Role in Functioning of the Myosin Motor


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This review summarizes current data on the structure and functions of myosin essential light chains (ELCs) and on their role in functioning of the myosin head as a molecular motor. The data on structural and functional features of the N-terminal extension of myosin ELC from skeletal and cardiac muscles are analyzed; the role of this extension in the ATP- dependent interaction of myosin heads with actin in the molecular mechanism of muscle contraction is discussed. The data on possible interactions of the ELC N-terminal extension with the myosin head motor domain in the myosin ATPase cycle are presented, including the results of the authors’ studies that are in favor of such interactions.

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D. Logvinova

Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center “Fundamentals of Biotechnology”; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology

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Email: daria_logvinova@mail.ru
Rússia, Moscow, 119071; Moscow, 119991

D. Levitsky

Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Federal Research Center “Fundamentals of Biotechnology”; Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology

Email: daria_logvinova@mail.ru
Rússia, Moscow, 119071; Moscow, 119991


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