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 system name ATP phosphohydrolase (actin-translocating).[1][2][3] This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

ATP + H2O \rightleftharpoons ADP + phosphate

ATP hydrolysis provides energy for actomyosin contraction.

References

  1. Rayment, I. (1996). "The structural basis of myosin ATPase activity". J. Biol. Chem. 271: 15850–15853. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.27.15850. PMID 8663496.
  2. Hasson, T. and Mooseker, M.S. (1996). "Vertebrate unconventional myosins". J. Biol. Chem. 271: 16431–16434. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.28.16431. PMID 8690736.
  3. Murphy, C.T. and Spudich, J.A. (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: 3785–3792. doi:10.1021/bi9826815. PMID 10090768.

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