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ArticleMolecular bioSystems2015

Sequential myosin phosphorylation activates tarantula thick filament via a disorder-order transition.

L Michel Espinoza-Fonseca, Lorenzo Alamo, Antonio Pinto, David D Thomas, Raúl Padrón

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Article in Molecular bioSystems, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 authors.

L Michel Espinoza-FonsecaDepartment of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
Lorenzo Alamo
Antonio Pinto
David D Thomas
Raúl Padrón

Funding

XRAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE ANALYSIS: PROTEIN SORTINGP41RR001081 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI COHEN, BRUCE E · 1985 to 2011
$17.6M
Structure-Function of the CytoskeletonP01HL086655 · NHLBI · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI DOMINGUEZ, ROBERTO · 2007 to 2011
$8.8M
Structural Dynamics of Muscle ContractionR01AR032961 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI THOMAS, DAVID D · 1986 to 2018
$8.0M
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS OF MUSCLE CONTRACTIONR37AR032961 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI THOMAS, DAVID DALE · 1994 to 2003
$2.1M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCRR NIH HHS P41 RR001081NCRR NIH HHS P41 RR-01081NHLBI NIH HHS HL86655NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL086655NIAMS NIH HHS AR32961NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR032961NIAMS NIH HHS R37 AR032961
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Abstract

Phosphorylation of myosin regulatory light chain (RLC) N-terminal extension (NTE) activates myosin in thick filaments. RLC phosphorylation plays a primary regulatory role in smooth muscles and a secondary (modulatory) role in striated muscles, which is regulated by Ca(2+)via TnC/TM on the thin filament. Tarantula striated muscle exhibits both regulatory systems: one switches on/off contraction through thin filament regulation, and another through PKC constitutively Ser35 phosphorylated swaying free heads in the thick filaments that produces quick force on twitches regulated from 0 to 50% and modulation is accomplished recruiting additional force-potentiating free and blocked heads via Ca(2+)4-CaM-MLCK Ser45 phosphorylation. We have used microsecond molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of tarantula RLC NTE to understand the structural basis for phosphorylation-based regulation in tarantula thick filament activation. Trajectory analysis revealed that an inter-domain salt bridge network (R39/E58,E61) facilitates the formation of a stable helix-coil-helix (HCH) motif formed by helices P and A in the unphosphorylated NTE of both myosin heads. Phosphorylation of the blocked head on Ser45 does not induce any substantial structural changes. However, phosphorylation of the free head on Ser35 disrupts this salt bridge network and induces a partial extension of helix P along RLC helix A. While not directly participating in the HCH folding, phosphorylation of Ser35 unlocks a compact structure and allows the NTE to spontaneously undergo coil-helix transitions. The modest structural change induced by the subsequent Ser45 diphosphorylation monophosphorylated Ser35 free head facilitates full helix P extension into a single structurally stable α-helix through a network of intra-domain salt bridges (pS35/R38,R39,R42). We conclude that tarantula thick filament activation is controlled by sequential Ser35-Ser45 phosphorylation via a conserved disorder-to-order transition.

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Actin CytoskeletonAnimalsArachnidaCalciumMolecular Dynamics SimulationMuscle, SkeletalMuscle, SmoothMyosin Light ChainsPhosphorylationProtein Kinase CProtein Structure, SecondaryCalciumMyosin Light ChainsProtein Kinase C

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PMID26038232
PMCPMC4503533

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