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[[Image: | ==VISUALIZING AN UNSTABLE COILED COIL: THE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF AN N-TERMINAL SEGMENT OF THE SCALLOP MYOSIN ROD== | ||
<StructureSection load='1nkn' size='340' side='right' caption='[[1nkn]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.50Å' scene=''> | |||
== Structural highlights == | |||
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1nkn]] is a 4 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharomyces_cerevisiae Saccharomyces cerevisiae]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1NKN OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1NKN FirstGlance]. <br> | |||
</td></tr><tr><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1nkn FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1nkn OCA], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1nkn RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1nkn PDBsum]</span></td></tr> | |||
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== Evolutionary Conservation == | |||
[[Image:Consurf_key_small.gif|200px|right]] | |||
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<scriptWhenChecked>select protein; define ~consurf_to_do selected; consurf_initial_scene = true; script "/wiki/ConSurf/nk/1nkn_consurf.spt"</scriptWhenChecked> | |||
<scriptWhenUnchecked>script /wiki/extensions/Proteopedia/spt/initialview01.spt</scriptWhenUnchecked> | |||
<text>to colour the structure by Evolutionary Conservation</text> | |||
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</jmol>, as determined by [http://consurfdb.tau.ac.il/ ConSurfDB]. You may read the [[Conservation%2C_Evolutionary|explanation]] of the method and the full data available from [http://bental.tau.ac.il/new_ConSurfDB/chain_selection.php?pdb_ID=2ata ConSurf]. | |||
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed == | |||
Alpha-helical coiled coils in muscle exemplify simplicity and economy of protein design: small variations in sequence lead to remarkable diversity in cellular functions. Myosin II is the key protein in muscle contraction, and the molecule's two-chain alpha-helical coiled-coil rod region--towards the carboxy terminus of the heavy chain--has unusual structural and dynamic features. The amino-terminal subfragment-2 (S2) domains of the rods can swing out from the thick filament backbone at a hinge in the coiled coil, allowing the two myosin 'heads' and their motor domains to interact with actin and generate tension. Most of the S2 rod appears to be a flexible coiled coil, but studies suggest that the structure at the N-terminal region is unstable, and unwinding or bending of the alpha-helices near the head-rod junction seems necessary for many of myosin's functional properties. Here we show the physical basis of a particularly weak coiled-coil segment by determining the 2.5-A-resolution crystal structure of a leucine-zipper-stabilized fragment of the scallop striated-muscle myosin rod adjacent to the head-rod junction. The N-terminal 14 residues are poorly ordered; the rest of the S2 segment forms a flexible coiled coil with poorly packed core residues. The unusual absence of interhelical salt bridges here exposes apolar core atoms to solvent. | |||
Visualization of an unstable coiled coil from the scallop myosin rod.,Li Y, Brown JH, Reshetnikova L, Blazsek A, Farkas L, Nyitray L, Cohen C Nature. 2003 Jul 17;424(6946):341-5. PMID:12867988<ref>PMID:12867988</ref> | |||
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br> | |||
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== References == | |||
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[[Category: Saccharomyces cerevisiae]] | [[Category: Saccharomyces cerevisiae]] | ||
[[Category: Blazsek, A.]] | [[Category: Blazsek, A.]] | ||
