Catch force in molluscan smooth muscle requires little, if any, energy input and is controlled by the phosphorylation state of the thick filament-associated mini-titin, twitchin. The kinetic parameters of myosin cross-bridge turnover in permeabilized catch muscle, and how they are potentially modified by the catch mechanism, were determined by single turnover measurements on myosin-bound ADP. Under isometric conditions, there are fast and slow components of cross-bridge turnover that probably result from kinetic separation of calcium-bound and calcium-free cross-bridge pools. The structure responsible for catch force maintenance at intermediate [Ca+2] does not alter the processes responsible for the fast and slow components under isometric conditions. Also, there is no measurable turnover of myosin-bound ADP during relaxation of catch force by phosphorylation of twitchin at pCa > 8. The only effects of the catch link on myosin-bound ADP turnover are 1), a small, very slow extra turnover when catch force is maintained at very low [Ca+2] (pCa > 8); and 2), attenuation of the shortening-induced increase in turnover at subsaturating [Ca(+2)]. These limited interactions between the catch link and myosin cross-bridge turnover are consistent with the idea that catch force is maintained by a thick and thin filament linkage other than the myosin cross-bridge.
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Myosin cross-bridge kinetics and the mechanism of catch. Journal Published:
PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, N.I.H., Extr
Journal: Biophysical journal
VOLUME: 93
Page Numbers: 554-65
Journal Abbreviation: Biophys. J.
ISSN: 0006-3495
DAY: 27
MONTH: 04
YEAR: 2007
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LANGUAGE: eng
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KEYWORDS: Phosphorylation
MESH TERMS: physiology
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Substance Name: Myosins
Registry Number: EC 3.6.1.4
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AFFILIATION: Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Country: United States
AGENCY: United States NHLBI
GRANT: T32HL07599
ACRONYM: HL
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