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. 1974 May;53(5):1493–1496. doi: 10.1172/JCI107698

Proteolysis of Myosin during Platelet Storage

Joel Abramowitz 1, Alfred Stracher 1, Thomas C Detwiler 1
PMCID: PMC302638  PMID: 4825238

Abstract

Physical properties of actomyosin from either fresh or stored platelets have been compared. Actomyosin obtained from platelets after 3 days of storage contained myosin that was 60-80% degraded to myosin rod. No myosin rod was detected in fresh platelets. The platelet myosin rod is similar to the rod produced by limited proteolysis of skeletal muscle myosin.

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