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ReviewJournal of muscle research and cell motility2015

A systematic nomenclature for mammalian tropomyosin isoforms.

Michael A Geeves, Sarah E Hitchcock-DeGregori, Peter W Gunning

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Review in Journal of muscle research and cell motility, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 114 papers.

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114 citing papers in PubMed, 186 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Michael A GeevesSchool of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NJ, UK, m.a.geeves@ukc.ac.uk.
Sarah E Hitchcock-DeGregori
Peter W Gunning
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USUniversity of Kent · GBUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

Deciphering how tropomyosin regulates the actin filamentR01GM093065 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MED/DENT NJ-R W JOHNSON MED SCH · PI HITCHCOCK-DEGREGORI, SARAH ELLEN · 2010 to 2013
$1.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM-093065NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM093065Wellcome Trust 085309
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tropomyosin, a ubiquitous protein in animals and fungi, is associated with the actin cytoskeleton and is involved with stabilising actin filaments and regulating the interaction of the filament with other actin binding proteins. The protein is best known for its role in regulating the interaction between actin and myosin in muscle contraction but in recent years its role as a major player in the organisation and dynamics of the cytoskeleton has been increasingly recognised. In mammals Tpm is expressed from four distinct genes and alternate splicing of each gene can produce a total of up to 40 different mRNA variants most of which are expressed as proteins. We are expecting a renaissance in the study of tropomyosins as the roles of these different isoforms are beginning to be deciphered. However, it is our belief that such a renaissance is being limited by confusion over the naming systems for the tropomyosin isoforms. These result in even experienced workers struggling to reconcile work done in different laboratories and at different times. We propose here a systematic nomenclature for tropomyosin based on the best current practice. We recommend the adoption of these names and a cross-reference to the table of alternate names and accession numbers for protein sequences is included here. The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website has been amended to include the nomenclature for the human, mouse and rat genes.

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AnimalsHumansMiceProtein IsoformsRatsTerminology as TopicTropomyosinProtein IsoformsTropomyosin

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PMID25369766
PMCPMC4426136
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