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myosin
large family of motor proteins found in eukaryotic tissues
Function:
- actin-based motility
- component of actomyosin
- muscle contraction
Structure:
- muscle myosin is a hexameric protein that consists of
a) 2 myosin heavy chain subunits
b) 2 myosin essential light chain subunits
c) 2 myosin regulatory light chain subunits
Interactions
molecular events
Related
unconventional myosin
General
contractile protein
microfilament protein
multisubunit protein
phosphoprotein
Properties
COMPARTMENT: cytoplasm
SUBUNITS: myosin heavy chain
CONFIGURATION: dimer
MOTIF: coiled coil
P-loop
FOR-BINDING-OF: adenosine triphosphate
src homology 3 [SH3] domain
myosin essential light chain
myosin regulatory light chain
MOTIF: Ser phosphorylation site
EF hand
References
- Pawson T
Protein modules and signalling networks
Nature 373:573 1995
PMID: 7531822
- Wikipedia: myosin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myosin
Component-of
actomyosin
Components
myosin essential (alkali) light chain
myosin heavy chain
myosin regulatory light chain (MRLC)