title: Selective purification of the 20,000-Da light chains of smooth muscle myosin.
abstract: The 20,000-Da light chains of gizzard smooth muscle myosin have been purified to homogeneity. Actomyosin, prepared by MgATP extraction of myofibrils, was denatured in 8 M urea, 1 M guanidine HCl, and 0.05% sodium dodecyl sulfate. Myosin heavy chains were precipitated with ethanol and the light chain enriched fraction was dialyzed and subjected to chromatography on DEAE-Sephacel. Fractions containing the 20,000-Da light chains were further purified by hydrophobic chromatography on phenyl-Sepharose. The 20,000-Da light chains eluted at low ionic strength from the phenyl-Sepharose column were judged to be greater than 95% pure by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and contained only 0.04 mol of phosphate/mol of light chain. The yield of light chains was calculated to be 219 +/- 17 mg/kg of starting gizzard smooth muscle. This method may be useful for preparation of homogeneous 20,000-Da smooth muscle myosin light chains in the quantities necessary for study of contractile systems.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D002845:Chromatography / Q000379:methods; D005895:Gizzard, Avian / Q000032:analysis; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000032:analysis*; D009218:Myosins / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014422:Turkeys
chemical_list: D009218:Myosins