title: Binding of phosphorylated and dephosphorylated heavy meromyosin to F-actin.
abstract: The effect of myosin light chain phosphorylation in skeletal muscle was investigated with respect to the binding affinity of phosphorylated and dephosphorylated heavy meromyosin (HMM) for F-actin in the absence of ATP. For phosphorylated HMM the affinity was 2.5-times weaker in the presence of Ca2+ as in its absence (HMM divalent binding sites saturated only with Mg). For dephosphorylated HMM the reverse was true, the binding being 2.4-times higher in the presence of Ca2+.
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000494:pharmacology; D007700:Kinetics; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D015879:Myosin Subfragments / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D011817:Rabbits
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D015879:Myosin Subfragments; D002118:Calcium