Regulation of tension in the skinned crayfish muscle fiber. II. Role of calcium - PubMed (original) (raw)

Regulation of tension in the skinned crayfish muscle fiber. II. Role of calcium

P W Brandt et al. J Gen Physiol. 1972 Mar.

Abstract

Tension outputs were measured in skinned crayfish muscle fibers exposed to solutions variously buffered for both Mg-adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and Ca. Two types of data are shown, relating tension and substrate concentration with different levels of Ca present, or tension and calcium concentration at different levels of substrate. The data are fitted by curves calculated from a general equation for substrate inhibition. The equation is based on the schema that both tension and relaxation are induced by the substrate and that the relaxing effect of excess substrate is repressed by calcium. The physiological findings of the present work are similar to data obtained by others on biochemical model systems of the contractile proteins.

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