›› 2008, Vol. 1 ›› Issue (11): 56-61.

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Review on One Component of Calpain System: μ-calpain

YE Manhong1,2, WEN Jie1   

  1. 1.State Key Laboratory of Animal Nutrition,Institute of Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences,Beijing 100193,China;2.Faculty of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University,Yangzhou 225009,China
  • Received:1900-01-01 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2008-11-20 Published:2008-11-20

Abstract: μ-calpain is a component of calpain system. It exists in almost all of the animal cells. As a calcium activated neutral protease, it has important role in the proteolytic degradation of myofibrilla that results in postmortem tenderization. In this article we reviewed the structure of μ-calpain, characteristics of its function, detection of its activity, and the relationship between genetic variation in the gene and tenderness of meat. 

Key words: μ-calpain; structure; function; activity; tenderness; molecular marker

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