Unique charge distribution in surface loops confers high velocity on the fast motor protein Chara myosin |
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Authors: | Kohji Ito Yukie Yamaguchi Kenji Yanase Yousuke Ichikawa Keiichi Yamamoto |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biology, Chiba University, Inage-ku, Chiba City, Chiba 263-8522, Japan |
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Abstract: | Most myosins have a positively charged loop 2 with a cluster of lysine residues that bind to the negatively charged N-terminal segment of actin. However, the net charge of loop 2 of very fast Chara myosin is zero and there is no lysine cluster in it. In contrast, Chara myosin has a highly positively charged loop 3. To elucidate the role of these unique surface loops of Chara myosin in its high velocity and high actin-activated ATPase activity, we have undertaken mutational analysis using recombinant Chara myosin motor domain. It was found that net positive charge in loop 3 affected Vmax and Kapp of actin activated ATPase activity, while it affected the velocity only slightly. The net positive charge in loop 2 affected Kapp and the velocity, although it did not affect Vmax. Our results suggested that Chara myosin has evolved to have highly positively charged loop 3 for its high ATPase activity and have less positively charged loop 2 for its high velocity. Since high positive charge in loop 3 and low positive charge in loop 2 seem to be one of the reasons for Chara myosin''s high velocity, we manipulated charge contents in loops 2 and 3 of Dictyostelium myosin (class II). Removing positive charge from loop 2 and adding positive charge to loop 3 of Dictyostelium myosin made its velocity higher than that of the wild type, suggesting that the charge strategy in loops 2 and 3 is widely applicable. |
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Keywords: | actin ATPase motility cytoplasmic streaming molecular engineering |
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