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  • Title: Conversion of glycogen phosphorylase b to a by non-activated phosphorylase b kinase: an in vitro model of the mechanism of increase in phosphorylase a activity with muscle contraction.
    Author: Villar-Palasi C, Wei SH.
    Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A; 1970 Sep; 67(1):345-50. PubMed ID: 4318782.
    Abstract:
    Phosphorylase b kinase activity, as present in resting muscle in the non-activated form, appears to be ample to account for the fast appearance of phosphorylase a observed with muscle contraction. The kinase activity is repressed by free ATP and stimulated by free Mg(2+). Phosphorylase b kinase activity increases greatly when the Mg(2+):ATP ration exceeds 1. It is proposed that the breakdown of ATP that occurs during muscle contraction may represent the triggering factor for the observed in vivo conversion of phosphorylase b into a.
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