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Cellular and Structural Biology

Actin and Myosin in Pea Tendrils ¹

Laboratory of Biochemistry, College of Biological Sciences, Beijing Agricultural University, Beijing 100094, People's Republic of China

We demonstrate here the presence of actin and myosin in pea (Pisum sativum L.) tendrils. The molecular weight of tendril actin is 43,000, the same as rabbit skeletal muscle actin. The native molecular weight of tendril myosin is about 440,000. Tendril myosin is composed of two heavy chains of molecular weight approximately 165,000 and four (two pairs) light chains of 17,000 and 15,000. At high ionic strength, the ATPase activity of pea tendril myosin is activated by K⁺-EDTA and Ca²⁺ and is inhibited by Mg²⁺. At low ionic strength, the Mg²⁺-ATPase activity of pea tendril myosin is activated by rabbit skeletal muscle F-actin. Superprecipitation occurred after incubation at room temperature when ATP was added to the crude actomyosin extract. It is suggested that the interaction of actin and myosin may play a role in the coiling movement of pea tendril.

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