[Effect of medium viscosity on the activity of myosin ATPase]

Biofizika. 1986 Mar-Apr;31(2):220-2.
[Article in Russian]

Abstract

The influence of increased medium viscosity on the activity of myosin Ca2+-ATPase has been studied in 28, 45 and 60% water-sucrose solutions at 25 degrees C. In the wide range of viscosities (10 divided by 430 mp) the rate constant of ATP hydrolysis displays the negative power-law dependence on solution viscosity with an index approximately -0,5. The obtained data confirm an idea about the existence of direct connection between the low-frequency liquid relaxations and structural dynamics of proteins and enzymes.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenosine Triphosphatases / metabolism*
  • Adenosine Triphosphate / metabolism
  • Animals
  • Hydrolysis
  • In Vitro Techniques
  • Kinetics
  • Muscles / enzymology
  • Protein Conformation
  • Rabbits
  • Solutions
  • Viscosity

Substances

  • Solutions
  • Adenosine Triphosphate
  • Adenosine Triphosphatases