Table 3.
Yield of ERMs after calpain treatment
Yield of ERMs, mg protein/100 mg starting myofibrillar protein |
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+Calpain | −Calpain | |
Bovine diaphragm muscle | 1.05±0.065 (2) | 0.17 (1) |
Rat back and hindlimb muscle | 0.99 (1) | ND |
Values are results from 1 or 2 (means ± SE) measurements, as indicated in parentheses. Starting material was crude myofibrils (Fig. 1) that were treated with purified calpain.