Cooperative regulation of myosin-S1 binding to actin filaments by a continuous flexible Tm-Tn chain.

ABSTRACT: The regulation of striated muscle contraction involves cooperative interactions between actin filaments, myosin-S1 (S1), tropomyosin (Tm), troponin (Tn), and calcium. These interactions are modeled by treating overlapping tropomyosins as a continuous flexible chain (CFC), weakly confined by electrostatic interactions with actin. The CFC is displaced locally in opposite directions on the actin surface by the binding of either S1 or Troponin I (TnI) to actin. The apparent rate constants for myosin and TnI binding to and detachment from actin are then intrinsically coupled via the CFC model to the presence of neighboring bound S1s and TnIs. Monte Carlo simulations at prescribed values of the CFC stiffness, the CFC's degree of azimuthal confinement, and the angular displacements caused by the

SUBMITTER: Mijailovich SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3509328 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature