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ArticleBiophysical journal2005

Persistence length of titin from rabbit skeletal muscles measured with scattering and microrheology techniques.

Emanuela Di Cola, Thomas A Waigh, John Trinick, Larissa Tskhovrebova, Ahmed Houmeida, Wim Pyckhout-Hintzen, Charles Dewhurst

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Roles of titin in the structure and elasticity of the sarcomere.Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology · 2010
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  6. A regular pattern of Ig super-motifs defines segmental flexibility as the elastic mechanism of the titin chain.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2008
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Emanuela Di ColaPolymers and Complex Fluids, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, UK.
Thomas A Waigh
John Trinick
Larissa Tskhovrebova
Ahmed Houmeida
Wim Pyckhout-Hintzen
Charles Dewhurst
University of Leeds · GBForschungszentrum Jülich · DEInstitut Laue-Langevin · FR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The persistence length of titin from rabbit skeletal muscles was measured using a combination of static and dynamic light scattering, and neutron small angle scattering. Values of persistence length in the range 9-16 nm were found for titin-II, which corresponds to mainly physiologically inelastic A-band part of the protein, and for a proteolytic fragment with 100-nm contour length from the physiologically elastic I-band part. The ratio of the hydrodynamic radius to the static radius of gyration indicates that the proteins obey Gaussian statistics typical of a flexible polymer in a -solvent. Furthermore, measurements of the flexibility as a function of temperature demonstrate that titin-II and the I-band titin fragment experience a similar denaturation process; unfolding begins at 318 K and proceeds in two stages: an initial gradual 50% change in persistence length is followed by a sharp unwinding transition at 338 K. Complementary microrheology (video particle tracking) measurements indicate that the viscoelasticity in dilute solution behaves according to the Flory/Fox model, providing a value of the radius of gyration for titin-II (63 +/- 1 nm) in agreement with static light scattering and small angle neutron scattering results.

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AnimalsBiophysical PhenomenaBiophysicsConnectinElasticityIn Vitro TechniquesLightMuscle ProteinsMuscle, SkeletalNeutronsProtein ConformationProtein KinasesRabbitsRheologyScattering, RadiationTemperatureConnectinMuscle ProteinsProtein Kinases

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PMID15792980
PMCPMC1305640
OpenAlexW2079635229

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