Journal article
The role of Ca2+ in cross-bridge kinetics in chemically skinned rabbit psoas fibers
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, Vol.170, pp.657-672
01/01/1984
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-4703-3_61
PMID: 6234757
Abstract
The sinusoidal analysis method is applied to chemically skinned rabbit psoas preparations, and the effect of Ca ions on exponential processes is determined. The results are compared to the predictions of two classes of models, those in which the binding of Ca2+ to the thin filaments acts as a switch to fully activate a segment of the filament (switch hypothesis), and those in which the binding of Ca2+ results in a graded increase in activity in proportion to the fraction of sites occupied (graded hypothesis). Although qualitative features of our results are in accord with the switch hypothesis, quantitative examination of the results shows that there is an extra process (B'), which produces a W-shaped phase-frequency plot during partial activation. This result is consistent with the assumption that there are two activated states available to the thin filaments of structured muscle.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The role of Ca2+ in cross-bridge kinetics in chemically skinned rabbit psoas fibers
- Creators
- M Kawai - Columbia UniversityP W Brandt - Columbia UniversityR N Cox - Columbia University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Advances in experimental medicine and biology, Vol.170, pp.657-672
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4684-4703-3_61
- PMID
- 6234757
- ISSN
- 0065-2598
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/1984
- Academic Unit
- Anatomy and Cell Biology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984284348302771
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