The arrangement of myosin on the surface of paramyosin filaments in the white adductor muscle of Crassostrea angulata
- 7 May 1974
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences
- Vol. 186 (1082) , 53-66
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1974.0034
Abstract
Observations of the surface of intact thick filaments from the oyster Crassostrea angulata have been made in the electron microscope. The surface structure has been revealed by metal shadowing and by a negative staining technique in which aqueous uranyl acetate solution is applied to filaments which have been rendered impervious to this solution. Both methods reveal a regular arrangement of round objects on the filament, interpreted as groups of myosin heads. The arrangement is that of the Bear-Selby net, probably with two or three myosin molecules per node. The possibility is discussed that the helical strands which give rise to the Bear-Selby net may occur in right- and left-handed forms in different filaments.Keywords
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