TY - JOUR
T1 - Differential Behavior of Two Cysteine Residues on the Myosin Head in Muscle Fibers
AU - Miyanishi, Takayuki
AU - Borejdo, Julian
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - We have previously shown that the orientation of (iodoacetamido)tetramethylrhodamine labels on SHj thiol of S-l moieties changes when MgADP is added to the fibers in rigor [Borejdo, J., Assulin, O., Ando, T., & Putnam, S. (1982) J, Mol Biol. 158, 391-414. Burghardt, T. P., Ando, T., & Borejdo, J. (1983) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80, 7515-7519]. Here we report the results of experiments in which the SH2 of S-l was labeled with maleimidorhodamine. The specificity of modification of thiols was checked by measuring the stoichiometry of attached dye, by determining the extent of the decrease in EDTA(K+)- and Ca2+-ATPase activities, and by the localization of the dyes on peptides containing SH1 and/or SH2. Labeled S-1 was diffused into single glycerinated fibers of rabbit psoas muscle, and the orientation of chromophores was measured by fluorescence detected dichroism. The dye attached to SH1 was oriented at 650 with respect to the fiber axis in rigor and at 51 ° in the presence of MgADP, regardless of whether SH2 was modified or not. The dye on SH2 was oriented near 42° both in the presence and in the absence of ADP, regardless of whether SH1 was modified or not. Our results show that rhodamine oriented differently when attached to SH2 compared with when attached to SH1 and that in the former placement it was not sensitive to MgADP. We think this indicates that the SH2-containing region has a mobility different from that of the SH1-containing region, i.e., that this is evidence for internal flexibility of S-1.
AB - We have previously shown that the orientation of (iodoacetamido)tetramethylrhodamine labels on SHj thiol of S-l moieties changes when MgADP is added to the fibers in rigor [Borejdo, J., Assulin, O., Ando, T., & Putnam, S. (1982) J, Mol Biol. 158, 391-414. Burghardt, T. P., Ando, T., & Borejdo, J. (1983) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 80, 7515-7519]. Here we report the results of experiments in which the SH2 of S-l was labeled with maleimidorhodamine. The specificity of modification of thiols was checked by measuring the stoichiometry of attached dye, by determining the extent of the decrease in EDTA(K+)- and Ca2+-ATPase activities, and by the localization of the dyes on peptides containing SH1 and/or SH2. Labeled S-1 was diffused into single glycerinated fibers of rabbit psoas muscle, and the orientation of chromophores was measured by fluorescence detected dichroism. The dye attached to SH1 was oriented at 650 with respect to the fiber axis in rigor and at 51 ° in the presence of MgADP, regardless of whether SH2 was modified or not. The dye on SH2 was oriented near 42° both in the presence and in the absence of ADP, regardless of whether SH1 was modified or not. Our results show that rhodamine oriented differently when attached to SH2 compared with when attached to SH1 and that in the former placement it was not sensitive to MgADP. We think this indicates that the SH2-containing region has a mobility different from that of the SH1-containing region, i.e., that this is evidence for internal flexibility of S-1.
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U2 - 10.1021/bi00429a051
DO - 10.1021/bi00429a051
M3 - Article
C2 - 2523734
AN - SCOPUS:0024596276
SN - 0006-2960
VL - 28
SP - 1287
EP - 1294
JO - Biochemistry
JF - Biochemistry
IS - 3
ER -