Structure of tropomyosin-troponin T cocrystals. 1988

H J Carr, and E J O'Brien, and E P Morris
Medical Research Council Cell Biophysics Unit, King's College, London, U.K.

Crystals formed from a mixture of tropomyosin and troponin T have an open double-stranded lattice structure with a diamond-shaped repeat. In some regions the appearance in electron micrographs of negatively stained specimens changes from this double-diamond lattice to a more condensed banded crystal form. The double-diamond lattice has plane group symmetry cmm with unit cell 76.3 by 21.7 nm. The molecules form continuous chains along the diagonal of the unit cell and the diagonal length (79.4 nm) is that expected for two tropomyosin molecules joined end-to-end. Computer filtering of the micrographs shows that the strands of the lattice are thicker from the acute vertex of the large diamond to a point about half-way along the side of the diamond, where there is a small blob of density. At the acute vertex of the diamond is a large blob of density which is accentuated, however, by being at the lattice node where strands cross each other, and which is much weaker in regions of the micrographs where the crystals have condensed laterally. The results indicate that troponin T is a long thin molecule running in contact with the tropomyosin strands over 40-50% of the tropomyosin molecular length. The small globular region may represent the end-to-end overlap of tropomyosin but is more likely to be a globular region at the C-terminal region of troponin T.

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D008854 Microscopy, Electron Microscopy using an electron beam, instead of light, to visualize the sample, thereby allowing much greater magnification. The interactions of ELECTRONS with specimens are used to provide information about the fine structure of that specimen. In TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY the reactions of the electrons that are transmitted through the specimen are imaged. In SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY an electron beam falls at a non-normal angle on the specimen and the image is derived from the reactions occurring above the plane of the specimen. Electron Microscopy
D009132 Muscles Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals. Muscle Tissue,Muscle,Muscle Tissues,Tissue, Muscle,Tissues, Muscle
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D014335 Tropomyosin A protein found in the thin filaments of muscle fibers. It inhibits contraction of the muscle unless its position is modified by TROPONIN. Paramyosin,Miniparamyosin,Paratropomyosin,Tropomyosin Mg,alpha-Tropomyosin,beta-Tropomyosin,gamma-Tropomyosin,Mg, Tropomyosin,alpha Tropomyosin,beta Tropomyosin,gamma Tropomyosin
D014336 Troponin One of the minor protein components of skeletal and cardiac muscles. It functions as the calcium-binding component in a complex with BETA-TROPOMYOSIN; ACTIN; and MYOSIN and confers calcium sensitivity to the cross-linked actin and myosin filaments. Troponin itself is a complex of three regulatory proteins (TROPONIN C; TROPONIN I; and TROPONIN T). Troponin Complex,Troponins
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