[Comparative study of myosin and DTNB-treated myosin with regard to ATP activity and fluorescence].

When studying enzymic and fluorescence properties of myosin and DTNB-treated myosin in the presence of K+, Na+, Li+, NH4+, Ca2+ and Mg2+ cations the following results were obtained. By the intrinsic protein fluorescence techniques no essential structural changes of myosin molecule at the dissociation of the DTNB light chain and activation myosin ATPase in the presence of different cations were found. The decrease of K+-EDTA-, the increase of Mg2+-activated and the stability of Ca2+-activated myosin ATPase may be the result of the modification of SH1 or SH2 sulfhydryl groups when treating the DTNB myosin in our conditions. The different level of decrease of the K+- and NH4+-activated myosin. ATPase may be explained by the fact, that myosin sulfhydryl groups have different effects on the activation of its ATPase by these cations.