Open AccessAlbumin in Chicken Skeletal Muscle
Author(s) -
MÜLLER Gudrun,
HEIZMANN Claus W.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
european journal of biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1432-1033
pISSN - 0014-2956
DOI - 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1982.tb06571.x
Subject(s) - albumin , myofibril , skeletal muscle , biochemistry , chemistry , human albumin , fatty acid , egg albumin , serum albumin , biology , endocrinology , chromatography
Albumin was found to be a structural constituent of chicken myofibrils. Its subcellular localization as whown by electron microscopy demonstrated highest concentrations of albumin in the region where the thin and thick filments overlap. In addition, evidence is presented in favour of albumin synthesis in muscle. These results suggest a physiological role of an albumin in muscle, most probably in the fatty acid metabolism.