Key result
Peroxynitrite enhanced basal MgATPase activity up to 2-fold while inhibiting actin-stimulated ATPase activity, highlighting the importance of protein carbonylation in myosin functional impairment.
Population
Myosin (in vitro model)
Design
Preclinical
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May implicate carbonylation in myosin impairment under oxidative stress; animal data leaves open human cardiac relevance.
Protein carbonylation plays a key role in peroxynitrite-induced functional impairment of myosin.
Tiago et al. (2010) studied this question. Peroxynitrite was evaluated on Myosin functional impairment (MgATPase activity and actin-stimulated ATPase activity). Peroxynitrite enhanced basal MgATPase activity up to 2-fold while inhibiting actin-stimulated ATPase activity, highlighting the importance of protein carbonylation in myosin functional impairment.
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