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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Carrier Proteins > Calcium-Binding Proteins > Myosin Light Chains
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Biopolymers > Microfilament Proteins > Myosins > Myosin Light Chains
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... > Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Biopolymers > Microfilament Proteins > Myosins > Myosin Light Chains
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Cytoskeletal Proteins > Microfilament Proteins > Myosins > Myosin Light Chains
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Contractile Proteins > Muscle Proteins > Myosins > Myosin Light Chains
Macromolecular Substances > Multiprotein Complexes > Molecular Motor Proteins > Myosins > Myosin Light Chains
... > Enzymes and Coenzymes > Enzymes > Hydrolases > Acid Anhydride Hydrolases > Adenosine Triphosphatases > Molecular Motor Proteins > Myosins > Myosin Light Chains

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Myosin Light Chains  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Light Chain, Myosin
  • Myosin Light Chain

Scope note

  • The smaller subunits of MYOSINS that bind near the head groups of MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS. The myosin light chains have a molecular weight of about 20 KDa and there are usually one essential and one regulatory pair of light chains associated with each heavy chain. Many myosin light chains that bind calcium are considered "calmodulin-like" proteins.

History note

  • 1996; for MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN use MYOSINS 1982-1995; for MYOSIN ALKALI LIGHT CHAINS use MYOSINS 1990-1995

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018994

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