Proteolysis of Specific Muscle Structural Proteins by μ-Calpain at Low pH and Temperature is Similar to Degradation in Postmortem Bovine Muscle

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 993-1008

  Huff Lonergan, Elisabeth ^a,b   Mitsuhashi, Tomiko ^a   Beekman, Dirk D ^a   Parrish Jr , F C ^a,c   Olson, Dennis G ^a   Robson, Richard M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 214 Meat Lab

Author keywords

Aging; Beef; Calpain; Protein degradation; Tenderness

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CALPAIN; CONNECTIN; CONTRACTILE PROTEIN; DESMIN; FILAMINS; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NEBULIN; PROTEIN KINASE; TROPONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PH; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TEMPERATURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALPAIN; CATTLE; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; DESMIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; PROTEIN KINASES; TEMPERATURE; TROPONIN;

EID: 0030141091     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/1996.745993x     Document Type: Article

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