Altering the stability of the Cdc8 overlap region modulates the ability of this tropomyosin to bind co-operatively to actin and regulate myosin

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 438, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-273

  East, Daniel A ^a   Sousa, Duncan ^b   Martin, Stephen R ^c   Edwards, Thomas A ^d   Lehman, William ^b   Mulvihill, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Cdc8; Coiled coil; Fission yeast; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; Tropomyosin

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN CDC 8; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN; TROPOMYOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; YEAST CELL;

ACTINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MICROFILAMENTS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTANT PROTEINS; MYOSINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STABILITY; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; TROPOMYOSIN;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

EID: 80051677828     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20101316     Document Type: Article

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