Myosin Light Chains
"Myosin Light Chains" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D018994
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D05.750.078.730.475.200 D12.776.157.125.475 D12.776.210.500.600.200 D12.776.220.525.475.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Myosin Light Chains- Myosin Light Chains
- Light Chains, Myosin
- Myosin Light Chain
- Light Chain, Myosin
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