| Int. J. Mol. Sci. (ISSN 1422-0067, CODEN: IJMCFK) |
Special Issue: "Muscle
Contraction Mechanism, Motor Proteins Function and Molecular Aspects of Water" Former: "From Molecular Motors to Muscle Contraction" The special issue belongs to the section "Biochemisty, Molecular Biology and Biophysics" |
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[Editors] [Announced Papers] [Published Papers] [Leading Review Papers]
Editors:
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Mr. Dietrich Rordorf, Dr. Yuan Gao, Ms Felicity Wright, Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
IJMS Editorial Office / MDPI
Kandererstrasse 25, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland
Tel. +41 61 683 7734; Fax +41 61 302 8918
E-mail: [email protected]
Guest Editor (starting from 6 August 2008)
Prof. Dr. Mark L. Richter
Molecular Biosciences, Haworth Hall, room 4031, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-7534, USA
Tel. +1 785 864 3334
E-mail: [email protected]
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Mr. Dietrich Rordorf, Dr. Yuan Gao, Ms Felicity Wright, Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
IJMS Editorial Office / MDPI
Kandererstrasse 25, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland
Tel. +41 61 683 7734; Fax +41 61 302 8918
E-mail: [email protected]
Guest Editor (starting from 6 August 2008)
Prof. Dr. Mark L. Richter
Molecular Biosciences, Haworth Hall, room 4031, 1200 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-7534, USA
Tel. +1 785 864 3334
E-mail: [email protected]
Editorial Advisory Board:
Former
Guest Editor (up to July 2008)
Dr. Reuven Tirosh
The Biophysical Schottenstein Center, Physics Department, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel; E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Walter Herzog
Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Professor Julian Borejdo
Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, University of North Texas, Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Dr. Valdur Saks
Laboratory of Bioenergetics, INSERM U884, Joseph Fourier University Grenoble, France
Dr. Reuven Tirosh
The Biophysical Schottenstein Center, Physics Department, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel; E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Walter Herzog
Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. N.W., Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada
Professor Julian Borejdo
Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, University of North Texas, Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
Dr. Valdur Saks
Laboratory of Bioenergetics, INSERM U884, Joseph Fourier University Grenoble, France
Topics of special interest include, but
are not strictly limited to, the following: muscle contraction mechanism, models, motor
proteins, cell motility, actin-myosin ATPase, physical chemistry of
water, water solitons, hydraulic compression, ATP hydrolysis, cytoplasm
steaming, bioenergetics, proton-motive-force, Brownian motor, actin motors, microtubule
motors, plant specific motors, transport of proteins and vesicles, RNA
polymerase, topoisomerases, Fokker-Planck equation, Monte Carlo method,
molecular dynamics, brownian motor, FRET, electrophysiology, optical
tweezers, magnetic tweezers, locomotion
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer review process. Manuscripts should be prepared according to the Instructions for Authors and submitted by e-mail to [email protected] with the subject title of the message put as ?ubmission for IJMS Special Issue on Muscle Contraction?
Announced Papers:
Published Papers:
Reuven Tirosh
The Biophysical Schottenstein Center, Physics Department, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel; E-mail: [email protected]; Tel: 972-9-767-9341
Ballistic Protons and Microwave-induced Water Solitons in Bioenergetic Transformations
Supplementary material: http://www.mdpi.org/ijms/papers/i7090320/
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2006, 7, 320-345 (PDF format, 228 K)
Valdur Saks 1,2,*, Nathalie Beraud 1 and Theo Wallimann 3
1 Laboratory of Bioenergetics, INSERM U884, Joseph Fourier University Grenoble, France
2 Laboratory of Bioenergetics, National Institute of Chemical and Biological Physics, Tallinn, Estonia
3 Institute of Cell Biology, ETH Zurich Hönggerberg, HPM D24, CH-8093 Zuerich, Switzerland
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Laboratory of Bioenergetics, Joseph Fourier University, 2280, Rue de la Piscine, BP53X ?38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France ; E-mail: [email protected]; Tel.: 0033476635627; Fax: 0033476514218
Received: 15 April 2008; in revised form: 8 May 2008 / Accepted: 8 May 2008 / Published: 9 May 2008
Review: Metabolic Compartmentation ?A System Level Property of Muscle Cells
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 751-767 (PDF format, 314K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9050751
Toshio Mitsui 1,* and Hiroyuki Ohshima 2
1 Osaka University, Japan
2 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan; E-Mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]
Received: 14 November 2008; in revised form: 19 May 2008 / Accepted: 19 May 2008 / Published: 23 May 2008
Article: Remarks on Muscle Contraction Mechanism
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 872-905 (PDF format, 716K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9050872
Homa Tajsharghi
Department of Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
Tel.: +46-31-3422343; Fax: +46-31-417283; E-Mail: [email protected]
Received: 8 May 2008; in revised form: 23 May 2008 / Accepted: 12 June 2008 / Published: 16 July 2008
Review: Thick and Thin Filament Gene Mutations in Striated Muscle Diseases
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1259-1275 (PDF format, 2995K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9071259
Enrico Grazi *
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ferrara University, Via Borsari 46, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected] (E. G.); Tel. 0039-0532-455421; Fax: 0039-0532-202723
Received: 4 Jun 2008; in revised form: 29 July 2008 / Accepted: 30 July 2008 / Published: 18 August 2008
Review: Water and Muscle Contraction
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008 , 9 , 1435-1452 (PDF format, 155K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9081435
Dagmar A. Brüggemann 1, Jens Risbo 1, Stefan G. Pierzynowski 2 and Adrian P. Harrison 3,*
1 Department of Food Science, Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen University, Frederiksberg C, Denmark. E-Mails: [email protected] (D. B.); [email protected] (J. R.)
2 Department of Cell & Organism Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. E-Mail: [email protected] (S. P.)
3 Department of Animal & Veterinary Basic Science, Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen University, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel. +45-3533-2568; Fax: +45-3533-2525
Received: 30 May 2008; in revised form: 11 July 2008 / Accepted: 4 August 2008 / Published: 20 August 2008
Article: Muscle Contraction and Force: the Importance of an Ancillary Network, Nutrient Supply and Waste Removal
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1472-1488 (PDF format, 292K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9081472
Toshio Mitsui 1,* and Hiroyuki Ohshima 2
1 Nakasuji-Yamate 3-6-24, Takarazuka, 665-0875, Japan
2 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan. E-Mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]
Received: 23 May 2008; in revised form: 28 July 2008 / Accepted: 8 August 2008 / Published: 1 September 2008
Review: Shear Stress Transmission Model for the Flagellar Rotary Motor
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1595-1620 (PDF format, 281K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9091595
Akira. Kakugo, Kazuhiro Shikinaka and Jian Ping Gong *
Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]
Received: 18 June 2008; in revised form: 8 August 2008 / Accepted: 27 August 2008 / Published: 4 September 2008
Review: Integration of Motor Proteins – Towards an ATP Fueled Soft Actuator
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1685-1703 (PDF format, 840K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9091685
Wilfred F. Widdas *
Faculty of Science, University of London, UK
* Faculty of Science, University of London (1960-1981); Retired. Address: Honeysuckle Farm, Jarvis Gate, Sutton St. James, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 0EU, UK. E-Mail: [email protected]
Received: 26 July 2008; in revised form: 29 August 2008 / Accepted: 8 September 2008 / Published: 9 September 2008
Article: A Reconsideration of the Link Between the Energetics of Water and of ATP Hydrolysis Energy in the Power Strokes of Molecular Motors in Protein Structures
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1730-1752 (PDF format, 259K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9091730
Sunil Nath #,*
Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
# Present address: Visiting Professor, Department of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Tel. +49-531-6181-7032; Fax: +49-531-6181-7099; E-Mails: [email protected]; [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]
Received: 17 July 2008; in revised form: 18 August 2008 / Accepted: 2 September 2008 / Published: 17 September 2008
Article: The New Unified Theory of ATP Synthesis/Hydrolysis and Muscle Contraction, Its Manifold Fundamental Consequences and Mechanistic Implications and Its Applications in Health and Disease
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1784-1840 (PDF format, 374K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9091784
Torah M. Kachur and David B. Pilgrim *
Department Biological Sciences, CW-405 Biological Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel. +1-780-492-2792
Received: 6 June 2008; in revised form: 8 September 2008 / Accepted: 13 September 2008 / Published: 19 September 2008
Review: Myosin Assembly, Maintenance and Degradation in Muscle: Role of the Chaperone UNC-45 in Myosin Thick Filament Dynamics
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1863-1875 (PDF format, 493K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9091863
Manuscript ID: IJMS-21-05
Type of Paper: Review
Title: Molecular mechanism of the actin-linked regulation of ATPase cycle in various muscle types
Authors: Yuri S. Borovikov, Olga E. Karpicheva and Stanislava V. Avrova
Affiliation: Laboratory of Mechanisms of Cell Motility, Institute of Cytology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky 4,194064 St . Petersburg,
Russia.
Abstract: The data on modulation of the conformational changes in actin and myosin during ATPase cycle by different actin-binding regulatory proteins (tropomyosin, troponin, caldesmon, calponin and twitchin) obtained by the polarized fluorescence technique has been analyzed. It is supposed that contraction in various muscle types is regulated via universal mechanism lying in disturbing the teamwork of actin and myosin in actomyosin motors.
Type of Paper: Review
Title: Molecular mechanism of the actin-linked regulation of ATPase cycle in various muscle types
Authors: Yuri S. Borovikov, Olga E. Karpicheva and Stanislava V. Avrova
Affiliation: Laboratory of Mechanisms of Cell Motility, Institute of Cytology of Russian Academy of Sciences, Tikhoretsky 4,
Abstract: The data on modulation of the conformational changes in actin and myosin during ATPase cycle by different actin-binding regulatory proteins (tropomyosin, troponin, caldesmon, calponin and twitchin) obtained by the polarized fluorescence technique has been analyzed. It is supposed that contraction in various muscle types is regulated via universal mechanism lying in disturbing the teamwork of actin and myosin in actomyosin motors.
Published Papers:
Reuven Tirosh
The Biophysical Schottenstein Center, Physics Department, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel; E-mail: [email protected]; Tel: 972-9-767-9341
Ballistic Protons and Microwave-induced Water Solitons in Bioenergetic Transformations
Supplementary material: http://www.mdpi.org/ijms/papers/i7090320/
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2006, 7, 320-345 (PDF format, 228 K)
Valdur Saks 1,2,*, Nathalie Beraud 1 and Theo Wallimann 3
1 Laboratory of Bioenergetics, INSERM U884, Joseph Fourier University Grenoble, France
2 Laboratory of Bioenergetics, National Institute of Chemical and Biological Physics, Tallinn, Estonia
3 Institute of Cell Biology, ETH Zurich Hönggerberg, HPM D24, CH-8093 Zuerich, Switzerland
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; Laboratory of Bioenergetics, Joseph Fourier University, 2280, Rue de la Piscine, BP53X ?38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France ; E-mail: [email protected]; Tel.: 0033476635627; Fax: 0033476514218
Received: 15 April 2008; in revised form: 8 May 2008 / Accepted: 8 May 2008 / Published: 9 May 2008
Review: Metabolic Compartmentation ?A System Level Property of Muscle Cells
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 751-767 (PDF format, 314K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9050751
Toshio Mitsui 1,* and Hiroyuki Ohshima 2
1 Osaka University, Japan
2 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba, 278-8510, Japan; E-Mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]
Received: 14 November 2008; in revised form: 19 May 2008 / Accepted: 19 May 2008 / Published: 23 May 2008
Article: Remarks on Muscle Contraction Mechanism
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 872-905 (PDF format, 716K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9050872
Homa Tajsharghi
Department of Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, S-413 45 Göteborg, Sweden
Tel.: +46-31-3422343; Fax: +46-31-417283; E-Mail: [email protected]
Received: 8 May 2008; in revised form: 23 May 2008 / Accepted: 12 June 2008 / Published: 16 July 2008
Review: Thick and Thin Filament Gene Mutations in Striated Muscle Diseases
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1259-1275 (PDF format, 2995K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9071259
Enrico Grazi *
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ferrara University, Via Borsari 46, 44100 Ferrara, Italy
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected] (E. G.); Tel. 0039-0532-455421; Fax: 0039-0532-202723
Received: 4 Jun 2008; in revised form: 29 July 2008 / Accepted: 30 July 2008 / Published: 18 August 2008
Review: Water and Muscle Contraction
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008 , 9 , 1435-1452 (PDF format, 155K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9081435
Dagmar A. Brüggemann 1, Jens Risbo 1, Stefan G. Pierzynowski 2 and Adrian P. Harrison 3,*
1 Department of Food Science, Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen University, Frederiksberg C, Denmark. E-Mails: [email protected] (D. B.); [email protected] (J. R.)
2 Department of Cell & Organism Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. E-Mail: [email protected] (S. P.)
3 Department of Animal & Veterinary Basic Science, Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen University, Frederiksberg C, Denmark
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel. +45-3533-2568; Fax: +45-3533-2525
Received: 30 May 2008; in revised form: 11 July 2008 / Accepted: 4 August 2008 / Published: 20 August 2008
Article: Muscle Contraction and Force: the Importance of an Ancillary Network, Nutrient Supply and Waste Removal
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1472-1488 (PDF format, 292K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9081472
Toshio Mitsui 1,* and Hiroyuki Ohshima 2
1 Nakasuji-Yamate 3-6-24, Takarazuka, 665-0875, Japan
2 Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science, 2641 Yamazaki, Noda, Chiba 278-8510, Japan. E-Mail: [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]
Received: 23 May 2008; in revised form: 28 July 2008 / Accepted: 8 August 2008 / Published: 1 September 2008
Review: Shear Stress Transmission Model for the Flagellar Rotary Motor
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1595-1620 (PDF format, 281K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9091595
Akira. Kakugo, Kazuhiro Shikinaka and Jian Ping Gong *
Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]
Received: 18 June 2008; in revised form: 8 August 2008 / Accepted: 27 August 2008 / Published: 4 September 2008
Review: Integration of Motor Proteins – Towards an ATP Fueled Soft Actuator
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1685-1703 (PDF format, 840K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9091685
Wilfred F. Widdas *
Faculty of Science, University of London, UK
* Faculty of Science, University of London (1960-1981); Retired. Address: Honeysuckle Farm, Jarvis Gate, Sutton St. James, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 0EU, UK. E-Mail: [email protected]
Received: 26 July 2008; in revised form: 29 August 2008 / Accepted: 8 September 2008 / Published: 9 September 2008
Article: A Reconsideration of the Link Between the Energetics of Water and of ATP Hydrolysis Energy in the Power Strokes of Molecular Motors in Protein Structures
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1730-1752 (PDF format, 259K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9091730
Sunil Nath #,*
Department of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India
# Present address: Visiting Professor, Department of Structural Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Inhoffenstrasse 7, D-38124 Braunschweig, Germany. Tel. +49-531-6181-7032; Fax: +49-531-6181-7099; E-Mails: [email protected]; [email protected]
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]
Received: 17 July 2008; in revised form: 18 August 2008 / Accepted: 2 September 2008 / Published: 17 September 2008
Article: The New Unified Theory of ATP Synthesis/Hydrolysis and Muscle Contraction, Its Manifold Fundamental Consequences and Mechanistic Implications and Its Applications in Health and Disease
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1784-1840 (PDF format, 374K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9091784
Torah M. Kachur and David B. Pilgrim *
Department Biological Sciences, CW-405 Biological Sciences Building, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]; Tel. +1-780-492-2792
Received: 6 June 2008; in revised form: 8 September 2008 / Accepted: 13 September 2008 / Published: 19 September 2008
Review: Myosin Assembly, Maintenance and Degradation in Muscle: Role of the Chaperone UNC-45 in Myosin Thick Filament Dynamics
Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2008, 9, 1863-1875 (PDF format, 493K); DOI: 10.3390/ijms9091863
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