THE ISOLATION OF MYXOMYOSIN, AN ATP-SENSITIVE PROTEIN FROM THE PLASMODIUM OF A MYXOMYCETE

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A procedure has been developed for the preparation of an active concentrate from the myxomycete, Physarum polycephalum. This concentrate responds with a lowered viscosity to the addition of small amounts of ATP. The preparation recovers in viscosity, and the process may be repeated. In the most active concentrates, 75% of the non-dialyzable material moves as a single boundary both in the descending limb in electrophoresis and in the ultra-centrifuge. It contains about 10% ribonucleic acid, which is at least in part reversibly bound to the protein. The active material has been designated myxomyosin because of its origin and its similarity to actomyosin in ATP response.

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