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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-1-9
pubmed:abstractText
Poisson-Boltzmann calculations of the distribution of electrostatic potentials around an actin filament in physiological-strength solutions show that negative isopotential surfaces protrude into the solvent. Each protrusion follows the actin two-start helix and is located on the sites implicated in the formation of the actomyosin complex. Molecular dynamic calculations on the S1 portion of the myosin molecule indicate that in the presence of ATP the crystallographically invisible loops (comprising residues 624-649 and 564-579) remain on the surface, whereas in the absence of ATP they can move toward the actin-binding sites and experience electrostatic forces that range from 1 to 10 pN. The molecular dynamics calculations also suggest that during the ATP cycle there exist at least three states of electrostatic interactions between the loops and actin. Every time a new interaction is formed, the strain in the myosin head increases and the energy of the complex decreases by 2kT to 5kT. This can explain muscular contraction in terms of a Huxley-Simmons-type mechanism, while requiring only rearrangements of small mobile S1 segments rather than the large shape changes in the myosin molecule postulated by the conventional tilting head model.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0006-3495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
71
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
576-89
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Small segmental rearrangements in the myosin head can explain force generation in muscle.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Murcia, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't