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. 1984 Apr 1;219(1):273–276. doi: 10.1042/bj2190273

Characterization of the ATP-G-actin aggregates formed at low potassium chloride concentration.

E Grazi, A Aleotti, A Ferri
PMCID: PMC1153473  PMID: 6721856

Abstract

The ATP-G-actin aggregates formed by incubation of ATP-G-actin in 7.5 mM-KCl were characterized by electron-microscopical observation, by high-pressure liquid chromatography and by the study of the 1,N6-etheno-ATP-ATP exchange reaction between the free and the actin-bound nucleotide. In 30 mM-KCl the initial rate of the reduced-viscosity increase is found to be directly related to the amount of the aggregates formed in the course of the preincubation in 7.5 mM-KCl.

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