ARTERIAL ACTOMYOSIN - EFFECTS OF PH AND TEMPERATURE ON SOLUBILITY AND ATPASE ACTIVITY
ARTERIAL ACTOMYOSIN - EFFECTS OF PH AND TEMPERATURE ON SOLUBILITY AND ATPASE ACTIVITY
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DOI:
10.1152/ajplegacy.1971.220.5.1494
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发表时间:
1971-01-01
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MURPHY, RA
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MURPHY, RA
METHODSActomyosin. Application of changes in ionic strength, pH, and ATP concentration to the isolation of arterial actomyosin is illustrated in Table 1. Hog carotid arteries (250-400 arteries weighing approximately 1 g each after removal of the loose adventitial tissue) were collected and the contractile proteins extracted as previously described(16). Adequate homogenization of the tough fibrous tissue is critical for high yields and was best achieved in a blender which has a scissors-like cutting action such as the Polytron (Brinkman Instruments). Two extractions using 5-10 ml of the indicated solution per gram of homogenized arteries were carried out, the first overnight and the second for 5 hr. The buffer was 22 mM morpholinopropane sulfonic acid (MOPS) with a buffering value of-1OmM Hf/pH unit at pH 7.0 and 0 C. Precipitations were carried out by removing ATP with 15 mg Dowex 21 anion exchange resin per milliliter protein solution, then by dialysis against the indicated KC1 concentrations with 4.6 mM histidine (pH 6.0 at 0 C, buffering value of-2 mM H+/pH unit). Sedimented protein precipitates were dissolved by raising the KC1 concentration to 0.6 M, adjusting the pH to 7.0 by additions of solid NaHC03, and adding 1 nlM ATP. The final product of purified actomyosin was washed twice in 0.1 M KCl, dissolved in 0.6 M KCl, and aliquots were frozen in liquid nitrogen for storage. No alterations in enzymatic activity occurred during storage at-196 C. This procedure has an advantage over storage at-20 C in 50% glycerol because the protein does not have to be washed before use and the protein concentration redetermined. However, liquid nitrogen storage does preserve contaminating microsomal or mitochondrial ATPase activity which was usually lost after a few weeks storage in 50% glycerol.Actomyosin(myosin B) from mixed rabbit skeletal muscles was isolated as previously described (16). The proteins isolated from arterial smooth and skeletal muscle are indicated by the terms arterial actomyosin and skeletal actomyosin in this report. Protein concentrations were measured by micro-Kjeldahl methods assuming that 16% of the protein was nitrogen.