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. 2003 Aug;85(2):1063–1079. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74545-7

TABLE 2.

Parameters needed to define the myosin cross-bridge lattice in IFM and parameter values for the best model

Best model values
Parameter Typical range Head 1 Head 2
*Slew, α −90° ≤ α ≤ 90° −101.71° 84.77°
*Tilt, β −135° ≤ ι ≤ 45° −10.92° −32.23°
*Rotation, θ 0° ≤ θ ≤ 360° −5.23° −6.39°
Radius, R 5.5 nm ≤ Rmy ≤ 15.0 nm 12.89 nm
Lattice rotation, φ 0° ≤ φ ≤ 360° 226.52°
Head separation, Hs 0 nm ≤ Hs ≤ 5.0 nm 3.85 nm
Head angle, Ha −45° ≤ Ha ≤ 45° −26.28°
Pivot slew, αp −90° ≤ αp ≤ 90° −70.30°
Pivot tilt, βp −90° ≤ ιp ≤ 90° −27.26°
Pivot rotation, θp 0° ≤ θp ≤ 360° 60.23°

Note that the parameters marked * have individual values for each of the nonequivalent myosin heads. Other parameters are the same for both heads. The total number of parameters used was 13.