Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to W Hasselbach.
The blockage of all thiol residues accessible to the mercurial mersalyl in the sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes resulting in complete inactivation of the membranes' calcium transport system does interfere neither with caffeine- nor calcium-induced calcium release from actively loaded membrane vesicles.
The ability of calcium loaded heavy sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles to specifically respond to the addition of various agents such as caffeine, calcium ions and calmodulin antagonists to rapidly released calcium can largely be diminished by passing the vesicular suspension it 0.3 M sucrose, 0.6 M KCl, 4 mM CaCl2, pH 7.0 through a Sepharose 6B column or by centrifuging it through a sucrose gradient prepared with the same salt medium. Inactivation of calcium release does neither interfere with calcium uptake nor with the unspecific releasing effect caused by the application of high concentrations of calmodulin antagonists.