Myosin light-chain kinase
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myosin, light polypeptide kinase
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | MYLK |
| HUGO | 7590 |
| Entrez | 4638 |
| OMIM | 600922 |
| RefSeq | NM_053025 |
| UniProt | Q15746 |
| Other data | |
| EC number | 2.7.1.117 |
| Locus | Chr. 3 qcen-q21 |
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myosin light chain kinase 2, skeletal muscle
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | MYLK2 |
| HUGO | 16243 |
| Entrez | 85366 |
| OMIM | 606566 |
| RefSeq | NM_033118 |
| UniProt | Q9H1R3 |
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| Locus | Chr. 20 q13.31 |
Myosin-light-chain kinase (MLCK) is a serine/threonine-specific protein kinase which phosphorylates myosin.
This protein is important in the mechanism of contraction in smooth muscle. Once there is an influx of calcium into the smooth muscle, either from the sarcoplasmic reticulum or more importantly from the extracellular space, contraction of smooth muscle fibres may begin. Firstly the calcium will bind to Calmodulin. This binding will activate the MLCK which will go on to phosphorylate the myosin light chain. This will enable the myosin crossbridge to bind to the actin filament and allow contraction to begin (through the crossbridge cycle). Since smooth muscle does not contain a troponin complex like striated muscle, this mechanism is considered the main pathway by which smooth muscle regulates contraction.
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AMP-activated - Aurora (A, B) - Beta adrenergic receptor - Bone morphogenetic protein receptors - c-Raf - Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent (Myosin light-chain) - CDKL5 - Cyclin-dependent - EIF-2 - GSK-3 - Mammalian target of rapamycin - Mitogen-activated/MAP2K/MAP3K (Extracellular signal-regulated, C-Jun N-terminal, P38 mitogen-activated protein) - Phosphorylase - Rhodopsin
Protein kinase A - Protein kinase B - Protein kinase C - Protein kinase G
