Hydrostatic pressures from 500 to 2000 atmospheres (atm) were applied at 0°C to determine the aggregation and viscoelastic properties of tilapia ( Orechromis niloticus ) myosin. Native myosins were present as long, linear, and single filaments. After a 500‐atm treatment, these filaments unfolded and their volume decreased. Upon 1000‐atm and 1500‐atm treatments, myosins aggregated and formed inseparable network structures. Further, they transformed from viscous sol to elastic gels with a pressure of 500 to 1000 atm. At 2000 atm, the myosin formed irregular aggregates. This study reveals that at 500 atm, myosins unfolded; at 1000 atm, they aggregated, and beyond 1500 atm, they formed both a precipitate and gel.
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