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D B Bivin1, D B Stone, D K Schneider, R A Mendelson.
Abstract
The cross-helix separation of Tm molecules in acto-tropomyosin has been determined using neutron scattering. Deuterated Dictyostelium discoideum actin was density matched in a 93% D2O buffer so that effectively only the protonated tropomyosin was "visible" to neutrons. Analysis of the solution scattering pattern in the region of the first oscillation yielded a value for the cross-helix separation of 7.9 +/- 0.3 nm. The implications of this value for the mechanism of the regulation of muscle contraction are discussed in light of recent results by others.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID: 1829644 PMCID: PMC1281253 DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(91)82300-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biophys J ISSN: 0006-3495 Impact factor: 4.033