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R J Podolsky, A C Nolan, S A Zaveler.
Abstract
The rate constants for the turnover of cross-bridges during frog muscle contraction were determined from an analysis of the motion that follows step decreases in load. For a given projection from the myosin filament, there appears to be a range of about 100 A along the length of the filament over which the projection can attach to the actin filament and form a cross-bridge. The site of attachment is then displaced by a distance of this same order before the link is broken. The values of the rate constants also imply that a cross-bridge is formed each time an actin site comes within range of a myosin projection, so that the turnover of cross-bridges for a given contraction distance is independent of the speed of the motion.Entities:
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Year: 1969 PMID: 5261029 PMCID: PMC223373 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.64.2.504
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205