Carp connectin: Reducible crosslinks in native fibrils.
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- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- Published by Japanese Society of Fisheries Science in NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI
- Vol. 45 (2) , 241-243
- https://doi.org/10.2331/suisan.45.241
Abstract
Native connectin fibrils free from collagen and elastin were partially purified from carp skeletal muscle. After reduction with NaB3H4 and hydrolysis in 3N HCl, the connectin fibrils were shown by ion-exchange chromatography to contain a number of radioactive compounds; lysinonorleucine and an unidentified compound eluted just before lysinonorleucine were assumed to be the major crosslinking amino acids in this reduced protein. The results imply that the elasticity of connectin fibrils in muscle is primarily a consequence of naturally occurring reducible crosslinks.Keywords
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