Myosin head configuration in relaxed fish muscle: Resting state myosin heads must swing axially by up to 150 Å or turn upside down to reach rigor

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 273, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 440-455

  Hudson, L ^a   Harford, J J ^a   Denny, R C ^a   Squire, J M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A band unit cell; Actin filament; Contractile mechanism; Myosin filament; Relaxed muscle

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN MYOSIN INTERACTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; FISH; MOLECULE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ROTATION; TELEOST; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA; OSTEICHTHYES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030729013     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1321     Document Type: Article

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