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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 282, 期 37, 页码 27192-27197出版社
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M703968200
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL 38113] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM 078097] Funding Source: Medline
The processive motor myosin V has a high affinity for actin in the weak binding states when compared with non-processive myosins. Here we test whether this feature is essential for myosin V to walk processively along an actin filament. The net charge of loop 2, a surface loop implicated in the initial weak binding between myosin and actin, was increased or decreased to correspondingly change the affinity of myosin V for actin in the weak binding state, without changing the velocity of movement. Processive run lengths of single molecules were determined by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. Reducing the net positive charge of loop 2 significantly decreased both the affinity of myosin V for actin and the processive run length. Conversely, the addition of positive charge to loop 2 increased actin affinity and processive run length. We hypothesize that a high affinity for actin allows the detached head of a stepping myosin V to find its next actin binding site more quickly, thus decreasing the probability of run termination.
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