title: Complexity of myosin species in the avian posterior latissimus dorsi muscle.
abstract: The myosin content of the avian posterior latissimus dorsi muscle, a small fast-twitch muscle similar in fibre type to the much-studied pectoralis major muscle (type IIB), has been explored using high resolution chromatography of the proteolytic fragment known as subfragment-1 and of the products of its limited tryptic digestion, followed by N-terminal sequencing of selected peptides. The complexity of species found greatly exceeds that anticipated from the fibre-type homogeneity of the muscle and from previous studies (Bandman et al., Cell 29 (1982) 645-50; Lowey et al., J. Musc. Res. Cell Motility 4 (1983) 695-716; Crow & Stockdale Dev. Biol. 118 (1986) 333-42). A minimum of four heavy chain species were identified. One form, approximately 40% of the heavy chain complement, appears to be identical to the well-characterized type IIB isoform of the pectoralis major muscle. The remaining species differ from the pectoralis major form in primary sequence. None is identical to the post-hatch isoform of the pectoralis major muscle.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York Health Science Centre, Brooklyn 11230.
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Rushbrook
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009132:Muscles / Q000032:analysis* / Q000187:drug effects; D009218:Myosins / Q000032:analysis*; D014357:Trypsin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D014357:Trypsin; D009218:Myosins