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. 1978 Nov 15;176(2):393–401. doi: 10.1042/bj1760393

Turnover of muscle protein in the fowl (Gallus domesticus). Rates of protein synthesis in fast and slow skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle of the adult fowl.

G J Laurent, M P Sparrow, P C Bates, D J Millward
PMCID: PMC1186246  PMID: 743247

Abstract

Rates of protein synthesis in skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle of fully grown fowl (Gallus domesticus) were determined in vivo by means of the constant infusion method using [14C]proline. In the anterior latissimus dorsi muscle, containing predominantly slow fibres, the average synthesis rate of non-collagen muscle proteins was 17.0 +/- 3.1% per day, a value higher than that obtained for cardiac muscle (13.8 +/- 1.3% per day) and for smooth muscle of the gizzard (12.0 +/- 1.9% per day). In the posterior latissimus dorsi muscle, containing predominantly fast fibres, synthesis rates were much lower (6.9 +/- 1.8% per day). In each case these average rates for the non-collagen protein were similar to the average rate for the sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar protein fractions. The RNA concentration of these four muscles showed that relative rates of protein synthesis were determined mainly by the relative RNA concentrations. The rate of protein synthesis per unit of DNA (the DNA activity) was similar in the two skeletal muscles, but somewhat lower in cardiac muscle and gizzard, possibly reflecting the larger proportion of less active cell types in these two muscles. These quantitative aspects of protein turnover in the two skeletal muscles are discussed in terms of the determination of ultimate size of the DNA unit, and in relation to muscle ultrastructure.

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