Figure 9.
Summary of the temperature effect on isometric tension (a) and stiffness (b). The mean and SEM are shown. The number of experiments is nfTm (n = 10), ∆2Tm (n = 10), ∆3Tm (n = 11). Under the experimental conditions used here (standard activation solution and the constant sarcomere length), the larger temperature sensitivity corresponds to an increased hydrophobic interaction between actin and myosin molecules [24].