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COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY OF PARAMYOSIN—A REVIEW
Author(s) -
KANTHA SACHI SRI,
WATABE SHUGO,
HASHIMOTO KANEHISA
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of food biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-4514
pISSN - 0145-8884
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4514.1990.tb00821.x
Subject(s) - phylum , mercenaria , biology , invertebrate , mollusca , whelk , zoology , mytilus , marine invertebrates , fishery , ecology , biochemistry , gene , predation
The fibrous protein paramyosin is characteristic of invertebrate muscles. It is distributed in the phyla Platyhelminthes, Nematoda, Nematomorpha, Annelida, Mollusca, Arthropoda and Echinodermata. Of these, the last three contain important edible seafood species. The molecular weights, amino acid profile and immunological features of the paramyosins isolated from many invertebrate phyla are surveyed comparatively. In addition, the paramyosin literature reported predominantly from the investigations on bivalve molluscs (Mercenaria and Mytilus species) is reviewed under categories (1) microstructure, (2) solubility and stability characteristics, (3) phosphorylation, and (4) involvement in catch contraction. The importance of paramyosin to the quality of seafood systems has not been studied in detail so far.