title: Structure-function relationships of the two surface loops of myosin heavy chain isoforms from thermally acclimated carp.
abstract: The structure-function relationships of fast skeletal myosin isoforms remain poorly understood. To shed some light, we constructed chimeric myosins comprised of Dictyostelium myosin heavy chain backbone with carp loop sequences and analyzed their functional properties. A loop 2-10 chimeric myosin having the loop 2 sequence of the fast skeletal isoform predominantly expressed in carp acclimated to 10 degrees C showed V(max) in actin-activated Mg(2+)-ATPase activity 1.4-fold higher than a loop 2-30 chimera constructed from the loop 2 sequence of the dominant isoform in carp acclimated to 30 degrees C. These two chimera exhibited no significant differences in sliding velocity of actin filaments in in vitro motility assay. Contrastingly, both loop 1-associated chimeras, loop 1-10 and loop 1-30, did not differ in both ATPase activity and in sliding velocity of actin filaments.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Aquatic Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hirayama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sutoh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Watabe
mesh_terms: D000064:Acclimatization; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002347:Carps / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004023:Dictyostelium / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009068:Movement; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009218:Myosins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D013696:Temperature; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains; D009218:Myosins