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ReviewThe Journal of biological chemistry2011

Signaling to myosin regulatory light chain in sarcomeres.

Kristine E Kamm, James T Stull

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Review in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy is a Disease of Sarcomere Proteins.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2026
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  7. Ablation of skeletal muscle estrogen receptor alpha impairs contractility in male mice.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2024
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  8. Comparing the effects of chemical CaJournal of molecular and cellular cardiology · 2023
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  12. Regulation of myosin light-chain phosphorylation and its roles in cardiovascular physiology and pathophysiology.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2022
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  19. Regulatory Light Chains in Cardiac Development and Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Kristine E KammDepartment of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390, USA.
James T Stull

Funding

MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE FUNCTION IN SMOOTH MUSCLER01HL026043 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI STULL, JAMES T · 1985 to 2009
$3.4M
Roles of Myosin Light Chain Kinases in the HeartR01HL080536 · NHLBI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI STULL, JAMES T · 2006 to 2010
$1.9M
BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS OF SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTIONR37HL026043 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SW MED CTR/DALLAS · PI STULL, JAMES T · 1991 to 1999
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NHLBI NIH HHS HL026043NHLBI NIH HHS HL080536NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL026043NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL080536NHLBI NIH HHS R37 HL026043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) phosphorylation in skeletal and cardiac muscles modulates Ca(2+)-dependent troponin regulation of contraction. RLC is phosphorylated by a dedicated Ca(2+)-dependent myosin light chain kinase in fast skeletal muscle, where biochemical properties of RLC kinase and phosphatase converge to provide a biochemical memory for RLC phosphorylation and post-activation potentiation of force development. The recent identification of cardiac-specific myosin light chain kinase necessary for basal RLC phosphorylation and another potential RLC kinase (zipper-interacting protein kinase) provides opportunities for new approaches to study signaling pathways related to the physiological function of RLC phosphorylation and its importance in cardiac muscle disease.

Indexed as

Signal TransductionAnimalsCalciumHeart DiseasesHumansMyosin-Light-Chain KinaseMyosin Light ChainsPhosphorylationSarcomeresCalciumMyosin-Light-Chain KinaseMyosin Light Chains

Identifiers

PMID21257758
PMCPMC3060548

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