CRYO-EM STRUCTURE OF THE HEAVY MEROMYOSIN SUBFRAGMENT OF CHICKEN GIZZARD SMOOTH MUSCLE MYOSIN WITH REGULATORY LIGHT CHAIN IN THE DEPHOSPHORYLATED STATE. ONLY C ALPHAS PROVIDED FOR REGULATORY LIGHT CHAIN. ONLY BACKBONE ATOMS PROVIDED FOR S2 FRAGMENT.
HEAVY MEROMYOSIN SUBFRAGMENT OF CHICKEN GIZZARD SMOOTH MUSCLE MYOSIN WITH REGULATORY LIGHT CHAIN IN THE DEPHOSPHORYLATED STATE
Specimen Preparation
Sample Aggregation State
2D ARRAY
Vitrification Instrument
HOMEMADE PLUNGER
Cryogen Name
ETHANE
Sample Vitrification Details
Specimens were frozen in liquid ethane using a drop
freezing apparatus.
3D Reconstruction
Reconstruction Method
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
Number of Particles
Reported Resolution (Å)
20
Resolution Method
DIFFRACTION PATTERN/LAYERLINES
Other Details
Refinement Type
Symmetry Type
2D CRYSTAL
Space Group Name
P 2
Length a
133
Length b
304
Angle Gamma
91.5
Map-Model Fitting and Refinement
Id
1
Refinement Space
REAL
Refinement Protocol
OTHER
Refinement Target
VISUAL AGREEMENT
Overall B Value
Fitting Procedure
Details
REFINEMENT PROTOCOL--MANUAL DETAILS--The atomic model consists of two S1 heads
and a segment of S2 containing 91 residues. Each S1 consists of a heav ...
REFINEMENT PROTOCOL--MANUAL DETAILS--The atomic model consists of two S1 heads
and a segment of S2 containing 91 residues. Each S1 consists of a heavy chain
and two light chains, the ELC and the RLC. The atomic model of the S1
subfragment was constructed using two X-ray crystallography models. The heavy
chain residues from ala2 to leu819 as well as the essential light chain were
obtained from the chicken smooth muscle structure, PDB entry 1BR1, chains A and
B. The remainder of S1 including heavy chain residues from glu820 to lys852
(smooth muscle numbering but skeletal myosin sequence) were obtained from
residues glu811-lys843 of chicken skeletal muscle myosin, PDB entry 2MYS, since
the structure of the entire smooth muscle S1 fragment is not available. Note
that the residue numbers for the chain segment from 2MYS that were spliced onto
1BR1 have been renumbered to run consecutively from 819 but the residues
themselves are the chicken skeletal muscle myosin heavy chain residues. The
regulatory light chain coordinates were also obtained from 2MYS (skeletal)
because a smooth muscle myosin model is not available. This regulatory light
chain consisted only of C alphas. In fitting the model to the molecular
envelope, the lever arm of the free head, i.e. ELC, RLC and heavy chain
residues from ile796-lys852, were rotated as a rigid body about the Calpha of
ile796. The amount of rotation was about 20 degrees. The blocked head was not
modified. The alignment of 2MYS to 1BR1 was done using the conserved residues
on the essential light chain. This alignment was carried out using O. The rms
of the fit using 123 C alpha atoms of the conserved residues was 1.632
Angstroms. The C alpha distance between leu819 and glu811 (2MYS residue number)
after the transformation was 4.23 Angstroms. This distance has not been altered
in the model. The splice site at 819-820 is also slightly long and was left
that way so the splice site would be easily visible. The other long bonds are
at locations where the chain was bent to fit the structure. No minimization or
refinement was done to fix them. The following residues have long peptide bond
distances- chain S- LEU 819 and GLU 820 THR 854 and ARG 855 MET 860 and GLN 861
GLN 903 and ALA 904 chain V- LEU 819 and GLU 820 LYS 852 and VAL 853 MET 860
and GLN 861 GLN 903 and ALA 904 The 91 residues of the S2 fragment built into
the model were calculated using a program written by Dr. Gerald Offer
(reference 4). These coordinates consist only of backbone atoms. The S2
sequence begins at val853 which is the correct residue number for smooth muscle
myosin. Peptide chain designations- Blocked myosin S1 head myosin heavy chain
(with S2 segment) is chain V ELC is chain W RLC is chain Z Free myosin S1 head
myosin heavy chain (with S2 fragment) is chain S ELC is chain T RLC is chain U
The terms blocked and free refer to the conformations of the two S1 heads.
SEQUENCE GAPS IN THE MOLECULAR MODEL- Myosin heavy chain- 205-210, 452-457,
635-655, 944-1185. ELC- 1-2. RLC (skeletal)- 1-18, 127, 142-147, 164-166.