Purification and characterization of myosin from bovine retina.
Biochim Biophys Acta
; 542(1): 39-46, 1978 Aug 03.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-149564
ABSTRACT
Myosin has been isolated from bovine retinae and characterised by its ATPase (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3) activity, its mobility in sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gels and by electron microscopy. The purified myosin shows high ATPase activity in the presence of EDTA or Ca2+ and a low activity in the presence of Mg2+. The Mg2+-dependent ATPase activity is stimulated by rabbit skeletal muscle actin. The presumptive retinal myosin possesses a major component which has a mobility in sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis similar to that of the heavy chain of bovine skeletal muscle myosin. Electron microscopy showed retinal myosin to form bipolar filaments in 0.1 M KCl. It is concluded that the retina possesses a protein with enzymic and structural properties similar to those of muscle myosin.
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Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Retina
/
Myosins
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Year:
1978
Type:
Article