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PROSITE documentation PDOC00290Tropomyosins signature
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Tropomyosins [1,2] are family of closely related proteins present in muscle and non-muscle cells. In striated muscle, tropomyosin mediate the interactions between the troponin complex and actin so as to regulate muscle contraction. The role of tropomyosin in smooth muscle and non-muscle tissues is not clear. Tropomyosin is an α-helical protein that forms a coiled-coil dimer.
Muscle isoforms of tropomyosin are characterized by having 284 amino acid residues and a highly conserved N-terminal region, whereas non-muscle forms are generally smaller and are heterogeneous in their N-terminal region.
The signature pattern for tropomyosins is based on a very conserved region in the C-terminal section of tropomyosins and which is present in both muscle and non-muscle forms.
Last update:December 2004 / Pattern and text revised.
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| 1 | Authors | Smilie L.B. |
| Source | Trends Biochem. Sci. 4:151-155(1979). |
| 2 | Authors | McLeod A.R. |
| Source | BioEssays 6:208-212(1986). |
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