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. 1983 Sep 15;214(3):839–843. doi: 10.1042/bj2140839

Phosphorylation of the myosin heavy chain. Its effect on actin-activated Mg2+-stimulated ATPase in leukaemic myeloblasts.

J Sagara, K Nagata, Y Ichikawa
PMCID: PMC1152321  PMID: 6138030

Abstract

Myosin purified from a murine myeloid leukaemia cell line (M1) that had been incubated with [32P]orthophosphate incorporated 32P into the heavy, but not the light, chain. When the heavy chain was dephosphorylated by bacterial alkaline phosphatase, myosin that had low actin-activated ATPase activity gained higher activity only in the presence of the light-chain kinase. In the absence of the light-chain kinase, however, the Mg2+-stimulated ATPase activity of myosin was not activated by actin, regardless of phosphatase treatment. These results indicate that the activity of M1 myosin ATPase is regulated by phosphorylation of both the light and heavy chains. A scheme for this regulation by phosphorylation is presented and discussed.

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