“…The mechanism underlying the latch state is unknown. Several regulatory mechanisms have been hypothesized including altered kinetics of phosphorylated vs. dephosphorylated myosin cross bridges (7, 21), cytoskeletal remodeling (19,26,35,41,45), calponin-or caldesmon-dependent actin-to-myosin crosslinks (57, 59), second messenger pathway regulation of MLCK/MLCP activity (24,28,47,48,53,63), and the kinetic properties of actomyosin ATPase of different myosin isoforms [nonmuscle (NM) and smooth muscle (SM) myosin II isoforms; Refs. 16,32,33,[37][38][39]42,51,65].…”