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. 1998 Oct;75(4):1904–1914. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(98)77631-3

Regulation of catch muscle by twitchin phosphorylation: effects on force, ATPase, and shortening.

T M Butler 1, S U Mooers 1, C Li 1, S Narayan 1, M J Siegman 1
PMCID: PMC1299861  PMID: 9746531

Abstract

Recent experiments on permeabilized anterior byssus retractor muscle (ABRM) of Mytilus edulis have shown that phosphorylation of twitchin releases catch force at pCa > 8 and decreases force at suprabasal but submaximum [Ca2+]. Twitchin phosphorylation decreases force with no detectable change in ATPase activity, and thus increases the energy cost of force maintenance at subsaturating [Ca2+]. Similarly, twitchin phosphorylation causes no change in unloaded shortening velocity (Vo) at any [Ca2+], but when compared at equal submaximum forces, there is a higher Vo when twitchin is phosphorylated. During calcium activation, the force-maintaining structure controlled by twitchin phosphorylation adjusts to a 30% Lo release to maintain force at the shorter length. The data suggest that during both catch and calcium-mediated submaximum contractions, twitchin phosphorylation removes a structure that maintains force with a very low ATPase, but which can slowly cycle during submaximum calcium activation. A quantitative cross-bridge model of catch is presented that is based on modifications of the Hai and Murphy (1988. Am. J. Physiol. 254:C99-C106) latch bridge model for regulation of mammalian smooth muscle.

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