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Intriguingly, myosin-II null D. discoideum cells divide relatively normally if allowed to adhere to a surface [ 8 ] , but myosin-II becomes essential if the adherent cells are grown under a sheet of agarose [ 19 ] .
We suggest that differential localization of MHCKs occurs in D. discoideum cells for the purpose of regulating myosin II filament assembly levels in the context of specific cellular contractile events such as lamellipodium extension and cytokinetic furrowing.
To determine the minimal force requirements of cells undergoing cell division, we analyzed movies of dividing D. discoideum cells.
Dynamic changes in MHC phosphorylation levels within the contractile ring have been reported in dividing sea urchin embryos [ 35 ] , suggesting that MHC phosphorylation as a mechanism regulating furrow myosin II disassembly may occur in other systems besides D. discoideum . We suggest that MHCK-C participates in this regulated myosin II filament disassembly in D. discoideum , and that this function may be regulated at both the cellular and biochemical level.
To determine the percentage of total cellular myosin-II, the following assumptions were used to calculate the total amount of myosin-II in a cell: total protein concentration in D. discoideum is 50 μg/10 6cells [ 37 ] , myosin-II represents about 1% of the cell's protein [ 38 39 ] , the relative molecular mass of a hexameric "monomer" (two each of the heavy chain and essential and regulatory light chains) of myosin-II is 557 kDa, and the average size of a D. discoideum cell is about 8 μm in diameter when grown on surfaces.
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