Abstract
To define the structural differences that are responsible for the functional diversity between orthologous sarcomeric myosins, we compared the rat and human β/slow myosins. Functional comparison showed that rat β/slow myosin has higher ATPase activity and moves actin filaments at higher speed in in vitro motility assay than human β/slow myosin. Sequence analysis shows that the loop regions at the junctions of the 25 and 50 kDa domains (loop 1) and the 50 and 20 kDa domains (loop 2), which have been implicated in determining functional diversity of myosin heavy chains, are essentially identical in the two orthologs. There are only 14 non-conservative substitutions in the two myosin heavy chains, three of which are located in the secondary actin-binding loop and flanking regions and others correspond to residues so far not assigned a functional role, including two residues in the proximal S2 domain. Interestingly, in some of these positions the rat β/slow myosin heavy chain has the same residues found in human cardiac α myosin, a fast-type myosin, and fast skeletal myosins, These observations indicate that functional and structural analysis of myosin orthologs with limited sequence diversity can provide useful clues to identify amino acid residues involved in modulating myosin function.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 375-382 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2000 |
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Functional diversity between orthologous myosins with minimal sequence diversity. / Canepari, M.; Rossi, R.; Pellegrino, M. A.; Bottinelli, R.; Schiaffino, S.; Reggiani, C.
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AU - Canepari, M.
AU - Rossi, R.
AU - Pellegrino, M. A.
AU - Bottinelli, R.
AU - Schiaffino, S.
AU - Reggiani, C.
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - To define the structural differences that are responsible for the functional diversity between orthologous sarcomeric myosins, we compared the rat and human β/slow myosins. Functional comparison showed that rat β/slow myosin has higher ATPase activity and moves actin filaments at higher speed in in vitro motility assay than human β/slow myosin. Sequence analysis shows that the loop regions at the junctions of the 25 and 50 kDa domains (loop 1) and the 50 and 20 kDa domains (loop 2), which have been implicated in determining functional diversity of myosin heavy chains, are essentially identical in the two orthologs. There are only 14 non-conservative substitutions in the two myosin heavy chains, three of which are located in the secondary actin-binding loop and flanking regions and others correspond to residues so far not assigned a functional role, including two residues in the proximal S2 domain. Interestingly, in some of these positions the rat β/slow myosin heavy chain has the same residues found in human cardiac α myosin, a fast-type myosin, and fast skeletal myosins, These observations indicate that functional and structural analysis of myosin orthologs with limited sequence diversity can provide useful clues to identify amino acid residues involved in modulating myosin function.
AB - To define the structural differences that are responsible for the functional diversity between orthologous sarcomeric myosins, we compared the rat and human β/slow myosins. Functional comparison showed that rat β/slow myosin has higher ATPase activity and moves actin filaments at higher speed in in vitro motility assay than human β/slow myosin. Sequence analysis shows that the loop regions at the junctions of the 25 and 50 kDa domains (loop 1) and the 50 and 20 kDa domains (loop 2), which have been implicated in determining functional diversity of myosin heavy chains, are essentially identical in the two orthologs. There are only 14 non-conservative substitutions in the two myosin heavy chains, three of which are located in the secondary actin-binding loop and flanking regions and others correspond to residues so far not assigned a functional role, including two residues in the proximal S2 domain. Interestingly, in some of these positions the rat β/slow myosin heavy chain has the same residues found in human cardiac α myosin, a fast-type myosin, and fast skeletal myosins, These observations indicate that functional and structural analysis of myosin orthologs with limited sequence diversity can provide useful clues to identify amino acid residues involved in modulating myosin function.
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