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August 1, 1990The Journal of Cell BiologyOpen Access

Tropomodulin: a cytoskeletal protein that binds to the end of erythrocyte tropomyosin and inhibits tropomyosin binding to actin.

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Population

Human erythrocytes (in vitro protein study)

Design

Preclinical

Authors

VFVelia M. FowlerHeart Failure & Transplant

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Implication

May inform experimental models of sarcomere assembly; leaves open relevance to human cardiac disease.

Structured PICO

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Population
Human erythrocytes (in vitro protein study)
I
Intervention
Tropomodulin (purification and characterization)
O
Outcome
Mechanism of tropomodulin inhibition of tropomyosin binding to actin

Tropomodulin is identified as a novel tropomyosin-binding protein that regulates tropomyosin-actin interactions by binding to the end of tropomyosin and preventing its head-to-tail self-association.

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Velia M. Fowler (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7c7426112960c341fd635dhttps://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.111.2.471
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