Abstract
Using x-ray diffraction and mechanical stiffness, the response of N-phenylmaleimide (NPM)-reacted cross-bridges to solutions containing different amounts of ATP and Mg2+ has been studied. In relaxing solution containing greater than millimolar amounts of ATP and Mg2+, NPM-treated muscle fibers give x-ray diffraction patterns and stiffness records, which are nearly indistinguishable from those of untreated relaxed fibers. In a solution devoid of added ATP, but with Mg2+ (rigor(+Mg) solution), the muscle fibers still give x-ray diffraction patterns and mechanical responses characteristic of relaxed muscle. The new finding reported here is that in a solution devoid of both ATP and Mg2+ (rigor(-Mg) solution containing EDTA with no added ATP), NPM-reacted cross-bridges do give rigor-like behavior. This is the first report that NPM-reacted cross-bridges, at least in the presence of EDTA, are capable of going into a strongly binding conformation.
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