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light meromyosin

light meromyosin

[′līt ‚mer·ə′mī·ə·sən]
(biochemistry)
The smaller of two fragments obtained from the muscle protein myosin following limited proteolysis by trypsin or chymotrypsin.
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The protein aggregates or large particles were formed by heavy meromyosin and light meromyosin via changing their conformations [37].
Comparative study of thermal gelation properties and molecular forces of actomyosin extracted from normal and pale, soft and exudative-like chicken breast meat
Myosin II presents two fragments; light meromyosin (LMM), which corresponds to two thirds of the tail and is responsible for the self-assembly of protein dimers, and heavy meromyosin (HMM), that is divided in two subfragments; the subfragment 1 (S1), which includes the motor domain, is consisted of globular heads, and the subfragment 2 (S2), which corresponds to the proximal third of the tail and acts as flexible connection between S1 and LMM (Craig & Woodhead, 2006).
Sarcomere Structure: The Importance of Desmin Protein in Muscle Atrophy/ Estructura de Sarcomera: La Importancia de Proteina Desmina en Atrofia Muscular
The [beta]-myosin heavy chain is divided into three regions: the subfragment 1 (S1), subfragment 2 (S2) and light meromyosin (LMM) (Fig.
Variaciones geneticas en el gen MYH7 en pacientes venezolanos con miocardiopatia hipertrofica
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