Biopolym. Cell. 1997; 13(6):464-473.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.0004A8
Structure and Function of Biopolymers
Supramolecular species of smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase. 1. Characterization and percent distribution in solution
1Filenko A. M., 1Danilova V. M., 2Sobieszek A.
  1. Petr Bogach Institute of Physiology
    Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
    2, Academika Glushkova Ave Str., Kyiv, Ukraine, 03187
  2. Institute of Molecular Biology Austrian Academy of Sciences
    Billrothstrasse 11, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria

Abstract

It is shown by the light scattering methods that inactive (calmodulin-free) myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) exists in solution as a mixture of oligomeric, dimeric and monomeric spicies, which relative concentrations at physiological ionic strength constitute correspondingly 2, 53 and 45 weight percent. After kinase activation by calmodulin (CaM) we could not detect any appreciable changes in the kinase species distribution when either kinase or CaM were present in molar excess. Analysis of the data obtained indicates that the kinase oligomer structure may be interpreted as a kind of flexible spiral in which MLCK molecules associate in head-to-tail fashion with the limiting configurations being a ring, and a long rod. It is important to point out that the spiral-like oligomer fits very well to the helical structure of self-asssembled myosin filaments.
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