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. 1956 Jul 20;39(6):831–839. doi: 10.1085/jgp.39.6.831

THE EFFECT UPON ACTOMYOSIN OF STOICHIOMETRIC AMOUNTS OF ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE REGENERATED IN A COUPLED ENZYME SYSTEM

W F H M Mommaerts 1, Jean Hanson 1
PMCID: PMC2147572  PMID: 13346038

Abstract

Pyruvate kinase and phosphoenolpyruvate, added to actomyosin, cause a maintenance of the response of the actomyosin to stoichiometric amounts of ATP. This steady state maintenance depends on the presence of Mg ions.

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