"Myosins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A diverse superfamily of proteins that function as translocating proteins. They share the common characteristics of being able to bind ACTINS and hydrolyze MgATP. Myosins generally consist of heavy chains which are involved in locomotion, and light chains which are involved in regulation. Within the structure of myosin heavy chain are three domains: the head, the neck and the tail. The head region of the heavy chain contains the actin binding domain and MgATPase domain which provides energy for locomotion. The neck region is involved in binding the light-chains. The tail region provides the anchoring point that maintains the position of the heavy chain. The superfamily of myosins is organized into structural classes based upon the type and arrangement of the subunits they contain.
| Descriptor ID |
D009218
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.730.475 D08.811.277.040.025.193.750 D12.776.210.500.600 D12.776.220.525.475
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| Concept/Terms |
Myosins- Myosins
- Adenosine Triphosphatase, Myosin
- Myosin Adenosine Triphosphatase
- Adenosinetriphosphatase, Myosin
- Myosin ATPase
- ATPase, Myosin
- Myosin
- Myosin Adenosinetriphosphatase
- Actin-Activated ATPase
- Actin Activated ATPase
- ATPase, Actin-Activated
- ATPase, Actin Activated
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Myosins" by people in Profiles.
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Fractal landscapes in biological systems: long-range correlations in DNA and interbeat heart intervals. Physica A. 1992 Dec 15; 191(1-4):1-12.
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Complexities in solution. Trends Biochem Sci. 1990 Feb; 15(2):51-2.
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Analysis of cloned mRNA sequences encoding subfragment 2 and part of subfragment 1 of alpha- and beta-myosin heavy chains of rabbit heart. J Biol Chem. 1984 Mar 10; 259(5):2775-81.
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Cloned mRNA sequences for two types of embryonic myosin heavy chains from chick skeletal muscle. I. DNA and derived amino acid sequence of light meromyosin. J Biol Chem. 1983 Apr 25; 258(8):5196-205.
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Cloned mRNA sequences for two types of embryonic myosin heavy chains from chick skeletal muscle. II. Expression during development using S1 nuclease mapping. J Biol Chem. 1983 Apr 25; 258(8):5206-14.
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Molecular cloning of mRNA sequences for cardiac alpha- and beta-form myosin heavy chains: expression in ventricles of normal, hypothyroid, and thyrotoxic rabbits. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1982 Oct; 79(19):5847-51.
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Cultured megakaryocytes: changes in the cytoskeleton after ADP-induced spreading. J Cell Biol. 1982 Feb; 92(2):313-23.