title: Mode of IMP and pyrophosphate enhancement of myosin and actin extraction from porcine meat.
abstract: We examined the mode of IMP and pyrophosphate enhancement of myosin and actin extraction from porcine meat. Extractabilities were determined after homogenates, prepared by adding 9 volumes of 0.3, 0.4, or 0.5 M NaCl solutions containing 0 to 36 mM IMP and 0 to 9 mM tetrapotassium pyrophosphate (KPP) to minced pork, were incubated at 4 °C for 0 or 12 h. Irrespective of the NaCl concentrations, IMP-induced extraction of both proteins increased with increasing extraction time. In contrast, that of KPP did not. When 0.3 M NaCl solutions containing both IMP and KPP were used, the solutions with 1.5 mM KPP showed marked enhancement of IMP-induced myosin and actin extraction. Incorporating these results with our previously published data (Nakamura et al., Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 76, 1611-1615 (2012)), we hypothesized that IMP and KPP have the ability to release thick and thin filaments from restraints in myofibrils, in addition to the ability to dissociate actomyosin into myosin and actin, and that the restraint-releasing ability of IMP is dependent on reaction time and NaCl concentration while that of KPP is not.
authors.affiliation: Japan Meat Science and Technology Institute, Tokyo, Japan. nakamura@niku-kakou.or.jp
authors.forename: Yukinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Koshiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Migita
authors.forename: Akihiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okitani
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuishi
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000205:Actomyosin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D011756:Diphosphates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D007291:Inosine Monophosphate / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008460:Meat; D009210:Myofibrils / Q000187:drug effects; D009218:Myosins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017680:Potassium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D011756:Diphosphates; D017680:Potassium Compounds; D007291:Inosine Monophosphate; D012965:Sodium Chloride; C107241:diphosphoric acid; D000205:Actomyosin; C035389:tetrapotassium pyrophosphate; D009218:Myosins