Myosin ATPase

Myosin ATPase
Identifiers
EC number 3.6.4.1
Databases
IntEnz IntEnz view
BRENDA BRENDA entry
ExPASy NiceZyme view
KEGG KEGG entry
MetaCyc metabolic pathway
PRIAM profile
PDB structures RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum

Myosin ATPase (EC 3.6.4.1) is an enzyme with systematic name ATP phosphohydrolase (actin-translocating).[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

ATP + H2O ADP + phosphate

ATP hydrolysis provides energy for actomyosin contraction.

References

  1. Rayment I (July 1996). "The structural basis of the myosin ATPase activity". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (27): 15850–3. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.27.15850. PMID 8663496.
  2. Hasson T, Mooseker MS (July 1996). "Vertebrate unconventional myosins". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271 (28): 16431–4. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.28.16431. PMID 8690736.
  3. Murphy CT, Spudich JA (March 1999). "The sequence of the myosin 50-20K loop affects Myosin's affinity for actin throughout the actin-myosin ATPase cycle and its maximum ATPase activity". Biochemistry. 38 (12): 3785–92. doi:10.1021/bi9826815. PMID 10090768.

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