Myosin Phosphorylation and the Cross-Bridge Cycle in Arterial Smooth Muscle
- 30 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 211 (4481) , 495-497
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6893872
Abstract
Phosphorylation of the 20,000-dalton light chain of myosin is closely correlated with cross-bridge cycling in arterial smooth muscle. Evidence is presented that dephosphorylation can produce an attached, noncycling cross-bridge (latch-bridge) which is responsible for the high economy of force maintenance in this tissue.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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