Ca(2+)-induced movement of tropomyosin on native cardiac thin filaments revealed by cryoelectron microscopy.
Risi, C., Eisner, J., Belknap, B., Heeley, D.H., White, H.D., Schroder, G.F., Galkin, V.E.(2017) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 114: 6782-6787
- PubMed: 28607071 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1700868114
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5NOG, 5NOJ, 5NOL - PubMed Abstract: 
Muscle contraction relies on the interaction of myosin motors with F-actin, which is regulated through a translocation of tropomyosin by the troponin complex in response to Ca 2+ The current model of muscle regulation holds that at relaxing (low-Ca 2+ ) conditions tropomyosin blocks myosin binding sites on F-actin, whereas at activating (high-Ca 2+ ) conditions tropomyosin translocation only partially exposes myosin binding sites on F-actin so that binding of rigor myosin is required to fully activate the thin filament (TF) ...