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S V Perry

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Myosin light-chain phosphatase.

1. A method for the isolation of a new enzyme, myosin light-chain phosphatase, from rabbit white skeletal muscle by using a Sepharose-phosphorylated myosin light-chain affinity column is described. 2. The enzyme migrated as a single component on electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulphate/polyacrylamide gel at pH7.0, with apparent mol.wt. 70000. 3. The enzyme was highly specific for the phosphorylated P-light chain of myosin, had pH optima at 6.5 and 8.0 and was not inhibited by NaF. 4. A Ca2+-sensitive 'ATPase' (adenosine triphosphatase) system consisting of myosin light-chain kinase, myosin light-chain phosphatase and the P-light chain is described. 5. Evidence is presented for a phosphoryl exchange between Pi, phosphorylated P-light chain and myosin light-chain phosphatase. 6. Heavy meromyosin prepared by chymotryptic digestion can be phosphorylated by myosin light-chain kinase. 7. The ATPase activities of myosin and heavy meromyosin, in the presence and absence of F-actin, were not significantly changed (+/- 10%) by phosphorylation of the P-light chain.

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The relationship between biological activity and primary structure of troponin I from white skeletal muscle of the rabbit.

1. A series of defined peptides which span the complete sequence were produced from troponin I isolated from white skeletal muscle of the rabbit. 2. Two peptides, CF1 (residues 64-133) and CN4 (residues 96-117) inhibited the Mg2+-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase of desensitized actomyosin. This inhibition was potentiated by tropomyosin and the Mg2+-stimulated adenosine triphosphatase of desensitized actomyosin. This inhibition, unlike that of troponin I and peptides derived from it, was not potentiated by tropomyosin. 4. The most active inhibitor, peptide CN4, was 45-75% as effective as troponin I when compared on a molar basis. The inhibitory peptide, CN4, and also whole troponin I were shown by affinity chromatography to interact specifically with actin. 5. A strong interaction with troponin C was demonstrated with peptide CF2 (residues 1-47), from the N-terminal region of troponin I. Somewhat weaker interactions were shown with peptides CN5 (residues 1-21) and with the inhibitory peptide CN4. 6. The significance of these interactions for the mechanisms of action of troponin I is discussed.

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The phosphorylation of troponin I from cardiac muscle.

1. Troponin I isolated from fresh cardiac muscle by affinity chromatography contains about 1.9 mol of covalently bound phosphate/mol. Similar preparations of white-skeletal-muscle troponin I contain about 0.5 mol of phosphate/mol. 2. A 3':5'-cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase and a protein phosphatase are associated with troponin isolated from cardiac muscle. 3. Bovine cardiac 3':5'-cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase catalyses the phosphorylation of cardiac troponin I 30 times faster than white-skeletal-muscle troponin I. 4. Troponin I is the only component of cardiac troponin phosphorylated at a significant rate by the endogenous or a bovine cardiac 3':5'-cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase. 5. Phosphorylase kinase catalyses the phosphorylation of cardiac troponin I at similar or slightly faster rates than white-skeletal-muscle troponin I. 6. Troponin C inhibits the phosphorylation of cardiac and skeletal troponin I catalysed by phosphorylase kinase and the phosphorylation of white skeletal troponin I catalysed by 3':5'-cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase; the phosphorylation of cardiac troponin I catalysed by the latter enzyme is not inhibited.

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The primary structure of troponin T and the interaction with tropomyosin.

1. Eight peptides were separated from the CNBr digest of troponin T from rabbit white skeletal muscle and characterized. 2. By study of the amino acid sequence of the methionine-containing peptides isolated after chymotryptic and tryptic digestion and of the N- and C-terminals of the CNBr peptides, six of the latter were shown to be arranged in the sequence CNB1-CNB2-CNB5-CNB6-CNB8-CNB7. The other two peptides, CNB1' and CNB3, have been shown to be partial digestion products. 3. The CNBr peptides CNB1' and CNB2 contained a common sequence and were the only peptides in CNBr digests of troponin T that formed a complex with tropomyosin as judged by viscometric and electrophoretic studies. 4. It is concluded that tropomyosin interacts with the N-terminal half of the troponin T molecule approximately in the region lying between residues 70 and 160. 5. Electrophoretic evidence indicates that tropomyosin and troponin C interact with troponin T. 6. None of the major CNBr peptides of troponin T isolated formed a complex with troponin C on electrophoresis at pH 8.6.

Amino Acid Sequence

Phosphorylation of the light-chain components of myosin from cardiac and red skeletal muscles.

1. The light-chain components of myosin from cardiac muscle (19000 and 27000 daltons) and of rabbit soleus and crureus muscles (19000, 27000 and 29000 daltons) were characterized. 2. The 19000-dalton components in carciac- and red-skeletal-muscle myosins were spontaneously modified to a component of slightly higher net negative charge. 3. The 19000-dalton component in cardiac and red skeletal muscles and their modified forms were phosphorylated by myosin light-chain kinase. 4. Evidence was obtained for the presence of myosin light-chain kinase in cardiac and red skeletal muscles. 5. Myosin light-chain kinase catalysed the phosphorylation of the whole light-chain fraction from white and red skeletal muscle at similar rates. The light-chain fraction of cardiac-muscle myosin was phosphorylated at a significantly lower rate. 6. The light-chain components of cardiac-muscle myosin and their phosphorylated froms were separated by ion-exchange chromatography and their amino acid compositions determined.

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The interaction of the calcium-binding protein (troponin C) with bivalent cations and the inhibitory protein (troponin I).

1. The molecular weight of the calcium-binding protein of rabbit white skeletal muscle was estimated to be 18500 by sedimentation equilibrium and electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulphate. 2. Addition of 2 Ca(2+) ions per molecule produced reversible changes in the u.v.-absorption spectrum that are interpreted as arising from conformational changes in the structure of the protein. 3. Cd(2+) was almost as effective as Ca(2+) in producing the spectral changes. Other bivalent metal ions, particularly Mg(2+), were less effective. 4. Binding of Ca(2+) by the calcium-binding protein produced an increase in mobility to the anode on electrophoresis in 6m-urea at pH8.6. The Ca(2+)-saturated form of the protein was more retarded on gel filtration than the Ca(2+)-free form. 5. In the presence of Ca(2+) the calcium-binding protein formed an equimolar complex with the inhibitory protein. This complex was stable in 8m-urea and in the pH range 7.0-8.6. 6. An isotope-dilution method for the measurement of the content of calcium-binding protein in whole muscle is described. In rabbit psoas muscle the ratio of actin monomers to molecules of calcium-binding protein was approx. 7:1. Similar values were obtained for red skeletal and cardiac muscle. 7. Evidence is presented indicating that in the rabbit the inhibitory protein of the troponin complex of red skeletal and cardiac muscles is different from the inhibitory protein of white skeletal muscle.

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