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Comparison of the effects of smooth and skeletal muscle actins on smooth muscle actomyosin Mg2+-ATPase. 1986

P K Ngai, and U Gröschel-Stewart, and M P Walsh

Actin has been purified from smooth muscle (chicken gizzard) by two different procedures and its activation of smooth muscle myosin Mg2+-ATPase activity compared with that achieved with rabbit skeletal muscle actin. The procedure of Pardee and Spudich (Methods Enzymol. (1982) 85, 164-181) for the purification of rabbit skeletal muscle actin is readily applicable to the isolation of chicken gizzard actin, enabling large quantities to be purified in two days. Smooth muscle actin could be successfully stored as F-actin at -80 degrees C and survived freezing and thawing at least twice. Smooth muscle actin activated myosin Mg2+-ATPase to a higher level than its skeletal muscle counterpart (77.9 nmol Pi/min/mg myosin vs 48.1 nmol Pi/min/mg myosin).

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009130	Muscle, Smooth	Unstriated and unstriped muscle, one of the muscles of the internal organs, blood vessels, hair follicles, etc. Contractile elements are elongated, usually spindle-shaped cells with centrally located nuclei. Smooth muscle fibers are bound together into sheets or bundles by reticular fibers and frequently elastic nets are also abundant. (From Stedman, 25th ed)	Muscle, Involuntary,Smooth Muscle,Involuntary Muscle,Involuntary Muscles,Muscles, Involuntary,Muscles, Smooth,Smooth Muscles
D009132	Muscles	Contractile tissue that produces movement in animals.	Muscle Tissue,Muscle,Muscle Tissues,Tissue, Muscle,Tissues, Muscle
D009928	Organ Specificity	Characteristic restricted to a particular organ of the body, such as a cell type, metabolic response or expression of a particular protein or antigen.	Tissue Specificity,Organ Specificities,Specificities, Organ,Specificities, Tissue,Specificity, Organ,Specificity, Tissue,Tissue Specificities
D011817	Rabbits	A burrowing plant-eating mammal with hind limbs that are longer than its fore limbs. It belongs to the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, and in contrast to hares, possesses 22 instead of 24 pairs of chromosomes.	Belgian Hare,New Zealand Rabbit,New Zealand Rabbits,New Zealand White Rabbit,Rabbit,Rabbit, Domestic,Chinchilla Rabbits,NZW Rabbits,New Zealand White Rabbits,Oryctolagus cuniculus,Chinchilla Rabbit,Domestic Rabbit,Domestic Rabbits,Hare, Belgian,NZW Rabbit,Rabbit, Chinchilla,Rabbit, NZW,Rabbit, New Zealand,Rabbits, Chinchilla,Rabbits, Domestic,Rabbits, NZW,Rabbits, New Zealand,Zealand Rabbit, New,Zealand Rabbits, New,cuniculus, Oryctolagus
D002645	Chickens	Common name for the species Gallus gallus, the domestic fowl, in the family Phasianidae, order GALLIFORMES. It is descended from the red jungle fowl of SOUTHEAST ASIA.	Gallus gallus,Gallus domesticus,Gallus gallus domesticus,Chicken
D005895	Gizzard, Avian	The posterior portion of the avian stomach located between the PROVENTRICULUS and INTESTINE. It consists of a thick muscular wall and small stones (gastroliths) that function to mechanically grind SEEDS and other ingested objects.	Gizzard,Ventriculus,Avian Gizzard,Avian Gizzards,Gizzards,Gizzards, Avian
D000199	Actins	Filamentous proteins that are the main constituent of the thin filaments of muscle fibers. The filaments (known also as filamentous or F-actin) can be dissociated into their globular subunits; each subunit is composed of a single polypeptide 375 amino acids long. This is known as globular or G-actin. In conjunction with MYOSINS, actin is responsible for the contraction and relaxation of muscle.	F-Actin,G-Actin,Actin,Isoactin,N-Actin,alpha-Actin,alpha-Isoactin,beta-Actin,gamma-Actin,F Actin,G Actin,N Actin,alpha Actin,alpha Isoactin,beta Actin,gamma Actin
D000205	Actomyosin	A protein complex of actin and MYOSINS occurring in muscle. It is the essential contractile substance of muscle.
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D017301	Ca(2+) Mg(2+)-ATPase	An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ATP and is activated by millimolar concentrations of either Ca(2+) or Mg(2+). Unlike CA(2+)-TRANSPORTING ATPASE it does not require the second divalent cation for its activity, and is not sensitive to orthovanadate. (Prog Biophys Mol Biol 1988;52(1):1). A subgroup of EC 3.6.1.3.	ATPase, Calcium Magnesium,ATPase, Magnesium,Adenosinetriphosphatase, Calcium, Magnesium,Adenosinetriphosphatase, Magnesium,Calcium Magnesium ATPase,Calcium Magnesium Adenosinetriphosphatase,Magnesium ATPase,Magnesium Adenosinetriphosphatase,Adenosine Triphosphatase, Calcium, Magnesium,Adenosine Triphosphatase, Magnesium,Ca Mg-ATPase,Ca2+-Mg2+ ATPase,Calcium Magnesium Adenosine Triphosphatase,Mg2+-ATPase,Mg2+-Dependent ATPase,ATPase, Ca2+-Mg2+,ATPase, Mg2+-Dependent,Adenosinetriphosphatase, Calcium Magnesium,Ca Mg ATPase,Ca2+ Mg2+ ATPase,Magnesium Adenosine Triphosphatase,Mg2+ ATPase,Mg2+ Dependent ATPase