(A) Analysis of assembly by sedimentation. Fraction of soluble protein as a function of NaCl concentration is plotted for the constructs depicted adjacent to the graph. The solubility of “headless” AD-Cterm (3xThr) and AD-Cterm (3xAsp) are compared to the solubility of unphosphorylated and phosphorylated full-length myosin having the globular motor domain (full-length myosin data from Cote and McCrea [1987]).
(B) Sedimentation equilibrium analysis of 52 μM “headless” AD-Cterm (3xThr) and AD-Cterm (3xAsp) in buffer containing 500 mM NaCl. The top graphs show the concentration distribution, fit, and residuals for AD-Cterm (3xThr), while the bottom graphs show the same data for AD-Cterm (3xAsp). The molecular weight obtained from the fit was 130 kDa for AD-Cterm (3xThr) and 120 kDa for AD-Cterm (3xAsp).
(C) Thermal melts of “headless” AD-Cterm (3xThr) and AD-Cterm (3xAsp) in buffer containing 500 mM NaCl are shown as fraction of protein denatured as a function of temperature. The open circles are data for 50 μM “headless” AD-Cterm (3xThr), and the open squares are data for 50 μM “headless” AD-Cterm (3xAsp).