Essential light chains are required for full force production by skeletal muscle myosin, with their removal reducing isometric force by over 50% due to altered crossbridge kinetics.
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ELC essential for myosin force in animal models; leaves open relevance to human cardiac contractility or therapeutic targeting.
VanBuren et al. (1994) studied this question.
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