Characterisation of the myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) gene of Locusta migratoria and the encoded MLCK

• Published in: Insect molecular biology Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 338 - 349
• Main Authors: Wei, Miao, Zhang, Ning, Li, Xiang‐dong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.08.2024; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Animals; Calcium ions; Calmodulin; Exons; Flight muscle; insect; Insect Proteins - genetics; Insect Proteins - metabolism; Insects; Isoforms; Kinases; Locusta migratoria; Locusta migratoria - enzymology; Locusta migratoria - genetics; Locusts; Muscle contraction; Muscles; Muscles - metabolism; Muscular function; Myosin; Myosin-light-chain kinase; Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase - genetics; Myosin-Light-Chain Kinase - metabolism; phosphorylation; Phylogeny; regulatory light chain; Sf9 Cells; Vertebrates; insect; myosin; regulatory light chain; calmodulin; phosphorylation

Myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) is a dedicated kinase of myosin regulatory light chain (RLC), playing an essential role in the regulation of muscle contraction and cell motility. Much of the knowledge about MLCK comes from the study of vertebrate MLCK, and little is known about insect MLCK. Here, w...