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SUBMITTER: Winkelmann DA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4918383 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Winkelmann Donald A DA Forgacs Eva E Miller Matthew T MT Stock Ann M AM
Nature communications 20150806
Omecamtiv Mecarbil (OM) is a small molecule allosteric effector of cardiac myosin that is in clinical trials for treatment of systolic heart failure. A detailed kinetic analysis of cardiac myosin has shown that the drug accelerates phosphate release by shifting the equilibrium of the hydrolysis step towards products, leading to a faster transition from weak to strong actin-bound states. The structure of the human β-cardiac motor domain (cMD) with OM bound reveals a single OM-binding site nestled ...[more]