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Journal of Material Sciences & Engineering

ISSN: 2169-0022

Open Access

Haruo Sugi

School of Medicine,
Tokyo
Japan

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  • Review Article
    Mechanism of Ultra-Fast Actin-Myosin Sliding Producing Cytoplasmic Streaming in Giant Algal Cell, Studied Using the Centrifuge Microscope
    Author(s): Shigeru Chaen and Haruo SugiShigeru Chaen and Haruo Sugi

    In giant intermodal cells of green algae Chara collaria, cytoplasmic streaming is produced by ATP-dependent sliding between myosin heads extending from amorphous cytoplasmic organelles and actin filament arrays (actin cables) fixed on chloroplast rows. The velocity of cytoplasmic streaming is many times faster than the maximum myofilament sliding in skeletal muscle. In this article, we compared steady-state force-velocity (P-V) relations between cytoplasmic myosin and skeletal and cardiac muscle myosins using the centrifuge microscope, in which myosincoated latex beads were made to slide along the actin cables under various centrifugal forces. In contrast with the hyperbolic P-V relation of actin-myosin sliding in skeletal and cardiac myosins, the P-V relation of cytoplasmic myosin versus actin cable sliding was a straight line, indicating a very large duty ratio and a very small rate.. Read More»
    DOI: 10.4172/2169-0022.1000426

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