The effects of calponin on conformational changes in actin caused by modelling of "strong" binding between actin and myosin heads have been studied using polarization fluorimetry. "Strong" binding was modelled by decoration of thin filaments by myosin subfragment I modified by N-ethylmaleimide (NEM-SI) or phosphorylated heavy meromyosin (pHMM). Changes in the actin structure were followed by orientation and mobility of the fluorescent probe--the rhodamine-phalloidin complex.
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