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Are there two different binding sites for ATP on the myosin head, or only one that switches between two conformers?

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Acknowledgements

We dedicate our work to the memories of John Eccleston and Bernhard Brenner. We thank Dr. Gilles Labesse and Ms. Muriel Gelin (CBS, Montpellier) for helpful discussions on the myosin structures.

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  1. Division of Physiology, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

    Chiara Tesi

  2. U128, 8 rue Dom Vaissette, Montpellier, France

    Tom Barman

  3. Centre de Biochimie Structurale (CBS), INSERM, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France

    Corinne Lionne

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Tesi, C., Barman, T. & Lionne, C. Are there two different binding sites for ATP on the myosin head, or only one that switches between two conformers?. J Muscle Res Cell Motil 38, 137–142 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10974-017-9480-x

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