Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase
"Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that phosphorylates myosin light chains in the presence of ATP to yield myosin-light chain phosphate and ADP, and requires calcium and CALMODULIN. The 20-kDa light chain is phosphorylated more rapidly than any other acceptor, but light chains from other myosins and myosin itself can act as acceptors. The enzyme plays a central role in the regulation of smooth muscle contraction.
| Descriptor ID |
D009219
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.620.682.700.125.500 D12.644.360.100.500 D12.776.476.100.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase- Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase
- Kinase, Myosin-Light-Chain
- Myosin Light Chain Kinase
- Myosin Regulatory Light-Chain Kinase
- Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Kinase
- Myosin Kinase
- Kinase, Myosin
- Myosin LCK
- LCK, Myosin
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase" by people in Profiles.
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Postnatal development alters functional compartmentalization of myosin light chain kinase in ovine carotid arteries. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2021 09 01; 321(3):R441-R453.
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Hypoxic modulation of fetal vascular MLCK abundance, localization, and function. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2021 01 01; 320(1):R1-R18.
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VEGF receptors mediate hypoxic remodeling of adult ovine carotid arteries. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2014 Oct 01; 117(7):777-87.
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Contributions of VEGF to age-dependent transmural gradients in contractile protein expression in ovine carotid arteries. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2011 Sep; 301(3):C653-66.
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Maximal stimulation-induced in situ myosin light chain kinase activity is upregulated in fetal compared with adult ovine carotid arteries. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008 Dec; 295(6):H2289-98.