Limited proteolysis of myosin heavy chain produces 1 light meromyosin (LMM) and 1 heavy meromyosin (HMM). HMM can be further cleaved into 2 globular subfragments (S1) and 1 rod-shaped subfragment (S2).
The rodlike tail sequence is highly repetitive, showing cycles of a 28-residue repeat pattern composed of 4 heptapeptides, characteristic for alpha-helical coiled coils. Four skip residues (Skip1: Thr-1188, Skip2: Glu-1385, Skip3: Glu-1582 and Skip4: Gly-1807) introduce discontinuities in the coiled-coil heptad repeats. The first three skip residues are structurally comparable and induce a unique local relaxation of the coiled-coil superhelical pitch and the fourth skip residue lies within a highly flexible molecular hinge that is necessary for myosin incorporation in the bare zone of sarcomeres.
Myosins are actin-based motor molecules with ATPase activity essential for muscle contraction. Forms regular bipolar thick filaments that, together with actin thin filaments, constitute the fundamental contractile unit of skeletal and cardiac muscle.
Belongs to the TRAFAC class myosin-kinesin ATPase superfamily. Myosin family.
Expressed in type 1 myofibers in the soleus muscle (at protein level).
Myosin-7, Myosin heavy chain 7, Myosin heavy chain slow isoform, MyHC-slow, MyHC-beta, Myh7
Proteins
Cardiovascular
222879Da
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