RELATION OF PROPERTIES OF ISOLATED MYOSIN TO THOSE OF INTACT MUSCLES OF CAT AND SLOTH
RELATION OF PROPERTIES OF ISOLATED MYOSIN TO THOSE OF INTACT MUSCLES OF CAT AND SLOTH
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1432-1033.1967.tb00120.x
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
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GOFFART, M
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作者:
BARANY, M;CONOVER, TE;GOFFART, M
Myosin was prepared from the extensor digi-torum longus, gastrocnemius medialis and lateralis, tibialis anterior, flexor of the claws of the anterior limb, and diaphragm muscles of the cat and didactyl sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni Peters). Actin-activated, Ca2+-activated, and EDTA-activated ATPase activities of the myosins from cat muscles were 2 to 4 times higher than those of the myosins from the same muscles of the sloth. The difference in the Ca2+-activated ATPase activity was found in the pH range of 5.5 to 10.0, and in the KCl concentration range of 50 mM to 500 mM at pH 7.0. The kinetic characteristics of the 2 myosins indicated that both the Km and the Vmax of the ATPase activities of the sloth myosin were lower than those of cat myosin by a factor of several-fold. Reconstituted cat actomyosin superprecipitated 4 to 6 times faster than sloth actomyosin. This difference in the superprecipita-tion did not vary appreciably when the concentration of ATP and the ratio of myosin to actin were varied. A correlation between the ATPase activity and the speed of superprecipitation of actomyosins of the cat and sloth was shown. The contraction time of various muscles of the cat and sloth was found to be inversely proportional to the actin-activated ATPase activity of their respective myosins. The speed constant of shortening of the muscles of the diaphragm appeared to be proportional to the actin-activated ATPase activity of their myosin. In contrast to the ATPase activity of myosin, which varied according to the speed of contraction, the actin-binding ability of myosins of the cat and sloth was also the same. These properties of the isolated myosins were related to the similar tension output of the muscles of the cat and sloth.