Abstract
1. Crayfish myosin B lost Ca2+-dependent regulation in superprecipitation upon addition of pure rabbit skeletal F-actin. 2. Actomyosin reconstituted from crayfish myosin and pure rabbit skeletal F-actin showed both Ca2+-dependent regulation in superprecipitation and Mg2+-ATPase activity upon addition of native tropomyosin prepared from crayfish or rabbit skeletal muscles. Also, superprecipitation of this actomyosin was induced by ITP without Ca2+-dependent regulation, as is the case in rabbit skeletal actomyosin. 3. Actomyosin reconstituted from crayfish native thin filament and crayfish or rabbit skeletal myosins showed Ca2+-dependent regulation. 4. These findings indicate that crayfish myosin is similar to rabbit skeletal myosin and different from chicken gizzard myosin in regulatory function.
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