title: Immunological, electrophoretic and kinetic properties of cardiac myosins from various species.
abstract: 1. In a homologous radioimmunoassay for canine ventricular myosin light chains, the following percentages of cross-reactivities were obtained using the dog as a reference: human, 28%; sheep, 21%; cat, 8%; guinea-pig, 7%; rabbit, 5%; and rat, 4%. 2. In a homologous double diffusion immunoassay using specific gamma G to canine cardiac myosin heavy chains, dog cardiac myosin showed immunological identity with human and sheep cardiac myosin but partial identity with myosins of other species. 3. On a 5-20% polyacrylamide gradient, light chain C1 was electrophoretically distinct in some species; light chain C2 was electrophoretically identical in all species. 4. The K+-activated myosin ATPase of small animals was higher than that of larger animals at an alkaline pH; the same was true for Ca2+-activated myosin when assayed at pH 6.3.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D009206:Myocardium / Q000201:enzymology*; D009218:Myosins / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D009218:Myosins