Myosin and Actin are contractile proteins that make up the sarcomeres, the contractile components of myofibrils, which make up skeletal and cardiac muscle.
Actin and myosin
Myosin makes up the THICK filaments, and actin makes up the thin filaments of myofibrils.
The thick filament is composed of the myosin molecule. The thin filament is composed of the actin molecule. Flexing the head of myosin provides the powerstroke.
Myosin is responsible for actin-based muscular mobility/contraction.
is antagonized by the actions of myosin phosphatase
myosin crossbridge binding
Myosin
The two muscle filaments are Myosin and Actin. Myosin is the thicker of the two. When a muscle contracts, a hook like particle extends off the myosin and grabs the actin pulling it in causing the contraction/ tension of the muscle
The release of ADP and P from the myosin heads causes the myosin heads to change shape.
Myosin and Actin
Thick - it is the length of myosin.