A Protein-Bound Polysaccharide from Basidiomycetes Enhances Myosin Phosphorylation but Inhibits Myosin ATPase Activity: Studies with a Crude Actomyosin Preparation of Chicken Gizzard Smooth Muscle1
- 1 December 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Biochemistry
- Vol. 110 (6) , 851-853
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a123676
Abstract
Chicken gizzard actomyosin, containing the calmodulin-myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) system, was incubated in the presence of various concentrations of PSK, a protein-bound polysaccharide from Basidiomycetes, together with Ca2+ and Mg-ATP. The phosphorylation of myosin was enhanced half-maximally by 10−4 g/ml of PSK. However, a similar concentration of PSK reduced the Mg-ATPase activity of the actomyosin. The former was brought about through stimulation of the MLCK activity and the latter through inhibition of the myosin ATPase activity.Keywords
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