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(= DNTB light chain)Myosin light chain that can be phosphorylated by myosin light chain kinase; as a result of phosphorylation, the myosin is activated.
Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.
P-light chain
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light chain — Nonspecific term used of the smaller subunits of several multimeric proteins, for example immunoglobulin, myosin, dynein, clathrin. See also L chain … Dictionary of molecular biology
