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    Myosins (/ˈmaɪəsɪn, -oʊ-/) are a family of motor proteins (though most often protein complexes) best known for their roles in muscle contraction and in...
    43 KB (4,989 words) - 05:07, 6 January 2025
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    the proteins, myosin and actin, which together have the capability to contract. Myosin is primarily class II in smooth muscle. Myosin II contains two...
    37 KB (4,737 words) - 17:18, 22 January 2025
  • Myosin ATPase (EC 3.6.4.1) is an enzyme with systematic name ATP phosphohydrolase (actin-translocating). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction:...
    2 KB (152 words) - 03:03, 22 December 2023
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    "ladder" along which the myosin filaments "climb" to generate motion Thick filaments consist primarily of the protein myosin, that is responsible for...
    10 KB (1,235 words) - 19:06, 19 December 2023
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    The myosin head is the part of the thick myofilament made up of myosin that acts in muscle contraction, by sliding over thin myofilaments of actin. Myosin...
    6 KB (682 words) - 23:11, 8 June 2024
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    Myosin light-chain kinase also known as MYLK or MLCK is a serine/threonine-specific protein kinase that phosphorylates a specific myosin light chain, namely...
    16 KB (1,731 words) - 22:49, 9 January 2024
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    Myosin-IIIa is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYO3A gene. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the myosin superfamily. Myosins are...
    5 KB (637 words) - 17:53, 3 December 2023
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    function without dynein. Numerous myosin deficiencies are related to disease states and genetic syndromes. Because myosin II is essential for muscle contraction...
    13 KB (1,550 words) - 06:28, 1 January 2025
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    of the important proteins are myosin, which forms the thick filament, and actin, which forms the thin filament. Myosin has a long fibrous tail and a globular...
    13 KB (1,609 words) - 21:44, 22 January 2025
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    Myosin-2 (myosin heavy chain 2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH2 gene. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000125414 – Ensembl, May 2017...
    7 KB (852 words) - 20:58, 13 October 2022
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    Myosin-11 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYH11 gene. Myosin-11 is a smooth muscle myosin belonging to the myosin heavy chain family. Myosin-11...
    10 KB (1,334 words) - 11:40, 15 November 2024
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    MYO7A (redirect from Myosin VIIA)
    Myosin VIIA is protein that in humans is encoded by the MYO7A gene. Myosin VIIA is a member of the unconventional myosin superfamily of proteins. Myosins...
    16 KB (1,718 words) - 01:56, 1 December 2023
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    A myosin light chain is a light chain (small polypeptide subunit) of myosin. Myosin light chains were discovered by Chinese biochemist Cao Tianqin (Tien-chin...
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    other to generate movement. According to the sliding filament theory, the myosin (thick filaments) of muscle fibers slide past the actin (thin filaments)...
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    Myosin light-chain phosphatase, also called myosin phosphatase (EC 3.1.3.53; systematic name [myosin-light-chain]-phosphate phosphohydrolase), is an enzyme...
    14 KB (1,600 words) - 15:01, 26 August 2023
  • adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is required to cause separation of the actin-myosin cross-bridges during relaxation of muscle. When oxygen is no longer present...
    7 KB (811 words) - 19:46, 12 January 2025
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    Unconventional myosin-Ia is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYO1A gene. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the myosin superfamily. Myosins are...
    7 KB (913 words) - 01:22, 4 March 2023
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    in turn composed of myofibrils. The myofibrils are composed of actin and myosin filaments called myofilaments, repeated in units called sarcomeres, which...
    119 KB (13,832 words) - 19:22, 9 February 2025
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    and thick filaments dominantly consist of chains of the motor-protein myosin. Together, these two filaments form myofibrils - the basic functional organelles...
    62 KB (7,395 words) - 03:50, 6 January 2025
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    promotes myosin II activation by the kinase ROCK, which activates myosin II directly by phosphorylation of the myosin light chain and also inhibits myosin phosphatase...
    28 KB (3,585 words) - 09:51, 18 August 2024
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