Role of H+ and Ca++ concentrations on Vorticella stalk Contraction Determination

Amit Kumar Verma¹ , Ashok Kumar Singh²

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.2 , pp.77-81, Apr-2020

Online published on Apr 30, 2020

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Abstract :
Vorticella stalks contraction mechanism is based upon the behaviour of novel types of motor proteins involved in the process and thus determined positive sensitive effects when in [H+] from 14.80 × 10-10 to 7.15 × 10-10 mole whereas [Ca++] from 0.5 to 4.5 mM reflected negative effects on contraction dynamics in terms of birefringence. The protoosmotic applications on the stalk contraction provided information about biochemical nature of motor proteins involved in contraction dynamics of the stalk in terms of frequency and duration profiles in reversible reactions have potential future applications in controlling patterns of structural modifications of motor proteins involved throughout the system.

Key-Words / Index Term :
H+ & Ca++ concentrations, Vorticella stalk, contraction determination, frequencies and durations profiles.

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