{"title":"John Squire and the myosin thick filament structure in muscle.","authors":"Kenneth A Taylor","doi":"10.1007/s10974-023-09646-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The structure of the thin, actin-containing filament of muscle is both highly conserved across a broad range of muscle types and is now well understood. The structure of the thick, myosin-containing filaments of striated muscle are quite variable and remained comparatively unknown until recently, particularly in the arrangement of the myosin tails. John Squire played a major role not only in our understanding of thin filament structure and function but also in the structure of the thick filaments. Long before much was known about the structure and composition of muscle thick filaments, he proposed a general model for how myosin filaments were constructed. His role in our current understanding the structure of striated muscle thick filaments and the extent through which his predictions have held true is the topic of this review.</p>","PeriodicalId":16422,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility","volume":" ","pages":"143-152"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10686309/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10974-023-09646-4","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2023/4/26 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CELL BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The structure of the thin, actin-containing filament of muscle is both highly conserved across a broad range of muscle types and is now well understood. The structure of the thick, myosin-containing filaments of striated muscle are quite variable and remained comparatively unknown until recently, particularly in the arrangement of the myosin tails. John Squire played a major role not only in our understanding of thin filament structure and function but also in the structure of the thick filaments. Long before much was known about the structure and composition of muscle thick filaments, he proposed a general model for how myosin filaments were constructed. His role in our current understanding the structure of striated muscle thick filaments and the extent through which his predictions have held true is the topic of this review.
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The Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility has as its main aim the publication of original research which bears on either the excitation and contraction of muscle, the analysis of any one of the processes involved therein, the processes underlying contractility and motility of animal and plant cells, the toxicology and pharmacology related to contractility, or the formation, dynamics and turnover of contractile structures in muscle and non-muscle cells. Studies describing the impact of pathogenic mutations in genes encoding components of contractile structures in humans or animals are welcome, provided they offer mechanistic insight into the disease process or the underlying gene function. The policy of the Journal is to encourage any form of novel practical study whatever its specialist interest, as long as it falls within this broad field. Theoretical essays are welcome provided that they are concise and suggest practical ways in which they may be tested. Manuscripts reporting new mutations in known disease genes without validation and mechanistic insight will not be considered. It is the policy of the journal that cells lines, hybridomas and DNA clones should be made available by the developers to any qualified investigator. Submission of a manuscript for publication constitutes an agreement of the authors to abide by this principle.