Metin and Metactomyosin
- Title:
- Metin and Metactomyosin
- Description:
- This study sought to explain the apparent role of calcium ions in muscle contraction, by searching for a component of muscle tissue that would have an affinity for Ca ions. Reasoning that such material would probably have a structure that included negative groups such as sulfites, and knowing that such molecules were often "metachromatic" (i.e., would stain to a different color than that of the dye applied to them), Szent-Gyorgyi tested various muscle components--myosin, actomyosin, and other fractions--for their ability to turn toluidine blue (a lab stain) purple. He extracted a metachromatic protein and called it "metin."
- Extent:
- 4 pages
- Date Issued:
- 15 December 1963
- Creator:
- Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert (Albert Szent-Gyorgyi) and Kaminer, B. (B. Kaminer)
- Source:
- Periodical. Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert, and B. Kaminer. "Metin and Metactomyosin." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 50, 6 (15 December 1963): 1033-1036. Article. 4 Images.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Periodical:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Publisher:
- National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
- Right Type:
- Permission Granted - No Conditions
- Right Statement:
- Reprinted with permission from the National Foundation for Cancer Research. For additional copies or more information, please call 1-800-321-CURE or visit our Web site at and http://www.nfcr.org/
- Subject:
- Muscle Contraction and Calcium
- Profiles in Science ID:
- WGBBHZ
- NLM ID:
- 101584924X124
- Genre:
- Articles
- Language:
- English
- Format:
- Text