1990 年 56 巻 1 号 p. 133-137
Denaturations of carp myofibrils and myosin induced by changing pH and KCl concentration were studied. Myofibrils and myosin suspension was mixed with maleate-NaOH buffer to set the pH between 4.81 and 6.14 in the presence of various concentrations of KCl (0.1-1.0M) and stored at 2°C. The first order rate constant (KD) for inactivation of Ca-ATPase caused by the above treatment was then estimated.
It was thus found that the KD of myofibrillar Ca-ATPase increased with lowering the pH as well as with increasing KCl concentration. On the other hand, the KD of myosin Ca-ATPase remained practically unchanged with changing the KCl concentration but increased with lowering the pH, in the same manner as in the case of myofibrils, In addition, the KD of myosin Ca-ATPase agrecd closely with that of myofibrillar Ca-ATPase in the presence of 1.0M KCl. These results strongly suggested that the actin part of carp myofibrils was denatured by acid treatment in the presence of 1.0M KCl, and lost its protective activity against thermal inactivation of myosin Ca-ATPase.