Structure and Functions of Contractile Proteins

Structure and Functions of Contractile Proteins focuses on the analysis of problems on the structure and functions of contractile proteins in which substantial progress has been achieved.
The book first offers information on the protein constitution of myofibrils and myosin, including adenosinetriphosphatase activity, reaction with actin, and myosin molecule. The text also ponders on the polymerization of actin, tropomyosin, and the theory of contraction. Discussions focus on model experiments and molecular basis of contraction; structural interrelations of muscle proteins; features of the process of polymerization of actin; and size of the actin molecule.
The text elaborates on the contractile proteins of the elementary motor structures of cells, as well as the chemical composition and physicochemical and enzymic properties of flagella and cilia; achromatin apparatus and movement of chromosomes; and structure of the flagella and cilia. Motor apparatus of bacteriophage and features of the movement of protoplasm and the mechanism of permeability are also discussed.
The manuscript is a reliable source of data for readers interested in the structure and functions of contractile proteins.

Contenu

Foreword
Foreword to the English Edition
Preface
List of Abbreviations
Introduction

1. The Protein constitution of the myofibrils
2. Myosin
   Adenosinetriphosphatase Activity
   Reaction with Actin
   The Myosin Molecule
3. Polymerization of Actin
   Size of the Actin Molecule
   Features of the Process of Polymerization of Actin
4. Tropomyosin
5. The Theory of contraction
   Structural Interrelations of the Muscle Proteins
   Model Experiments and the Molecular Basis of Contraction
6. Contractile Proteins of the Elementary Motor Structures of Cells
   Structure of Flagella and Cilia
   Chemical Composition and Physicochemical and Enzymic Properties of Flagella and Cilia
   Achromatin Apparatus and Movement of Chromosomes
7. Motor Apparatus of Bacteriophage
   Structural and Functional Properties of Head of Bacteriophage T2
   Caudal Sheath of Bacteriophage T2
8. Some Features of the Movement of Protoplasm and of the Mechanism of Permeability
   Actomyosin-like Proteins and Protoplasm Movement
   Isolation of Actomyosin Proteins from Internal Organs and Tissues of Animals
   Mechanism of Regulation of Phenomena of Permeability
9. The Mechanism of Movement in Plants
   Summary
   References
   Index