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. 1980 Nov 1;191(2):571–580. doi: 10.1042/bj1910571

Human atrial and ventricular myosin light-chains subunits in the adult and during development.

K M Price, W A Littler, P Cummins
PMCID: PMC1162249  PMID: 7236212

Abstract

1. Myosin was isolated from human right- and left-atrial and -ventricular myocardium, and examined both in adult subjects and at different stages during pre- and post-natal development. 2. The myosin light-chain subunits in the atria and ventricles were different when characterized by isoelectric focusing and subsequent two-dimensional poly-acrylamide-gel electrophoresis. 3. No differences were observed between the light-chain subunits in the right and left ventricle at any stage of development. 4. The foetal ventricle contained a characteristic light chain that was a major component throughout the latter half of gestation. This foetal light chain, which disappeared in the postnatal period, could not be distinguished from adult atrial light chain 1 on two-dimensional electrophoresis. 5. Myosin in the adult atria, particularly the left, contained components similar to ventricular light-chain components. 6. The possible stimuli for the observed changes in myosin light-chain expression are discussed in relation to the known physiological changes occurring during development.

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