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    Science. 1985 Feb 22;227(4689):945-8.

    Molecular structure of troponin C from chicken skeletal muscle at 3-angstrom resolution.

    Sundaralingam M, Bergstrom R, Strasburg G, Rao ST, Roychowdhury P, Greaser M, Wang BC.

    The x-ray structure of chicken skeletal muscle troponin C (TnC), the Ca2+-binding subunit of the troponin complex, shows that the protein is about 70 angstroms long with an unusual dumbbell shape. The carboxyl and amino domains are separated by a single long alpha helix of about nine turns. Only the two high-affinity Ca2+-Mg2+ sites of the COOH-domain are occupied by metal ions resulting in conformational differences between the COOH- and NH2-domains. These differences are probably important in the triggering of muscle contraction by TnC. Also the structure of TnC is relevant in understanding the function of other calcium-regulated proteins, in particular that of calmodulin because of its strong similarity in amino acid sequence.

    PMID: 3969570 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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