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  • Title: Troponin and its components from ascidian smooth muscle.
    Author: Endo T, Obinata T.
    Journal: J Biochem; 1981 May; 89(5):1599-608. PubMed ID: 6115858.
    Abstract:
    Troponin was isolated from the thin filaments of ascidian smooth muscle and separated into three components by ion-exchange chromatography, the molecular weights of which were 33,000, 24,000, and 18,000, respectively. The three components were designated as troponin t (TN-T), troponin I (TN-I), and troponin C (TN-C) in order of molecular weight, since each component had properties similar to those of the respective components of vertebrate skeletal-muscle troponin. The ascidian troponin or the mixture of the three components conferred Ca2+-sensitivity on reconstituted rabbit actomyosin in the presence of tropomyosin. One of the characteristics of the ascidian troponin was Ca2+-dependent activation of actin-myosin interaction in collaboration with tropomyosin, whereas its inhibitory action on the actomyosin ATPase in the absence of Ca2+ was less remarkable. From this, it is concluded that in the ascidian smooth muscle actin-myosin interaction is regulated by an actin-linked troponin-tropomyosin system, but the ascidian troponin acts as a Ca2+-dependent activator of an actomyosin system.
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