Structure of the backbone in myosin filaments of muscle

Nature. 1979 Jan 4;277(5691):37-40. doi: 10.1038/277037a0.

Abstract

New X-ray data suggest how myosin rods, themselves alpha-helical coiled coils, form the thick filament backbone of crustacean muscles by additional supercoiling. Natural transformations of this structure may describe the myosin backbone in many other animals also.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Crustacea
  • Cytoskeleton / ultrastructure
  • Muscles / ultrastructure*
  • Myosins*
  • Species Specificity
  • Vertebrates
  • X-Ray Diffraction

Substances

  • Myosins