Journal: Nature / Year: 2020 Title: Structure of the shutdown state of myosin-2. Authors: Charlotte A Scarff / Glenn Carrington / David Casas-Mao / Joseph M Chalovich / Peter J Knight / Neil A Ranson / Michelle Peckham / Abstract: Myosin-2 is essential for processes as diverse as cell division and muscle contraction. Dephosphorylation of its regulatory light chain promotes an inactive, 'shutdown' state with the filament- ...Myosin-2 is essential for processes as diverse as cell division and muscle contraction. Dephosphorylation of its regulatory light chain promotes an inactive, 'shutdown' state with the filament-forming tail folded onto the two heads, which prevents filament formation and inactivates the motors. The mechanism by which this happens is unclear. Here we report a cryo-electron microscopy structure of shutdown smooth muscle myosin with a resolution of 6 Å in the head region. A pseudo-atomic model, obtained by flexible fitting of crystal structures into the density and molecular dynamics simulations, describes interaction interfaces at the atomic level. The N-terminal extension of one regulatory light chain interacts with the tail, and the other with the partner head, revealing how the regulatory light chains stabilize the shutdown state in different ways and how their phosphorylation would allow myosin activation. Additional interactions between the three segments of the coiled coil, the motor domains and the light chains stabilize the shutdown molecule. The structure of the lever in each head is competent to generate force upon activation. This shutdown structure is relevant to all isoforms of myosin-2 and provides a framework for understanding their disease-causing mutations.
History
Deposition
May 22, 2020
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Header (metadata) release
Dec 9, 2020
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Map release
Dec 9, 2020
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Update
Dec 30, 2020
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Current status
Dec 30, 2020
Processing site: PDBe / Status: Released
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Structure visualization
Movie
Surface view with section colored by density value
Entire : Smooth muscle myosin in the shutdown state
Entire
Name: Smooth muscle myosin in the shutdown state
Components
Complex: Smooth muscle myosin in the shutdown state
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Supramolecule #1: Smooth muscle myosin in the shutdown state
Supramolecule
Name: Smooth muscle myosin in the shutdown state / type: complex / ID: 1 / Parent: 0 / Macromolecule list: #1-#3
Source (natural)
Organism: Meleagris gallopavo (turkey)
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Experimental details
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Structure determination
Method
cryo EM
Processing
single particle reconstruction
Aggregation state
particle
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Sample preparation
Concentration
0.45 mg/mL
Buffer
pH: 7.2 Component:
Concentration
Formula
150.0 mM
KCl
10.0 mM
MOPS
0.1 mM
EGTA
2.0 mM
MgCl2
1.0 mM
ATPAdenosine triphosphate
Vitrification
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 281 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK IV / Details: Blot force 6, blot time 3 seconds.
Details
Smooth muscle myosin from turkey gizzard, stored under liquid nitrogen, was thawed quickly. MgATP was added before dilution into the final buffer conditions stated below
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
FEI TITAN KRIOS
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 300 kV / Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN
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