Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase
"Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that phosphorylates myosin light chains in the presence of ATP to yield myosin-light chain phosphate and ADP, and requires calcium and CALMODULIN. The 20-kDa light chain is phosphorylated more rapidly than any other acceptor, but light chains from other myosins and myosin itself can act as acceptors. The enzyme plays a central role in the regulation of smooth muscle contraction.
Descriptor ID |
D009219
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MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.913.696.620.682.700.125.500 D12.644.360.100.500 D12.776.476.100.500
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Concept/Terms |
Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase- Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase
- Kinase, Myosin-Light-Chain
- Myosin Light Chain Kinase
- Myosin Regulatory Light-Chain Kinase
- Myosin Regulatory Light Chain Kinase
- Myosin Kinase
- Kinase, Myosin
- Myosin LCK
- LCK, Myosin
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase" by people in Profiles.
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Inhibitor ?B kinase 2 is a myosin light chain kinase in vascular smooth muscle. Circ Res. 2013 Aug 16; 113(5):562-70.
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Convergence of Ca2+-desensitizing mechanisms activated by forskolin and phenylephrine pretreatment, but not 8-bromo-cGMP. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2006 Jun; 290(6):C1552-9.