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  • Title: An immunological approach to the role of the low molecular weight subunits in myosin. I. Physical--chemical and immunological characterization of the light chains.
    Author: Holt JC, Lowey S.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1975 Oct 21; 14(21):4600-9. PubMed ID: 1182106.
    Abstract:
    The light chains of chicken breast muscle myosin (alkali 1 and 2, 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) 1.c.) have been isolated in pure form and characterized with respect to amino acid composition, uv and circular dichroism (CD) spectral properties, and molecular weight. Antibodies specific for each of the light chains have been used to demonstrate the similarity of alkali 1 and 2 (mol wt 21,000 and 16,000, respectively), and the distinctness of these from DTNB 1.c. (mol wt of 18,000). The DTNB 1.c. isolated by a variety of methods were all immunologically identical. Significant cross-reactivity was observed between corresponding rabbit and chicken light chains, confirming other indications of homology between these proteins in the two species. The immunological difference between alkali 1 and 2 was largely accounted for by an N-terminal peptide, rich in proline, alanine, and lysine, which is unique to alkali 1. The presence of antibodies to this peptide in anti-alkali 1 serum suggests an immunological approach to the question of how alkali 1.c. are distributed in myosin.
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