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What is the phase of the cardiac cycle that is caused by the sliding of actin and myosin?
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What is the name of the regulatory protein?
myosin and actin
Where are the myosin filaments found?
Myosin and Actin are contractile proteins that make up the sarcomeres, the contractile components of myofibrils, which make up skeletal and cardiac muscle.
What hormones support the formation of actin and myosin?
Growth factor harmones support the formation of actin and myosin.
What is the crossbridge cycle?
The crossbridge cycle is the cyclical formation of links between actin and myosin. This results in the sliding of thin filaments towards the M line of a sarcomere. The myosin head undergoes conformation changes which allows it to swivel back and forth. In its low energy form, myosin has a low affinity for actin. The ATP prepares myosin for binding with actin by moving it to its high energy form position. When myosin contracts, it has a high affinity for actin.
What is the function of titin and nebulin?
Their function is to hold both Actin and Myosin in their exact position or to stabilized the actin and myosin
An energy molecule that facilitates the sliding motion of actin and myosin?
ATP
What prevents actin myofilaments from sliding backward when a myosin head releases?
During contraction, there are always some myosin heads attached to the actin myofilament when other myosin heads are detaching.
What are the proteins are involved in muscle contraction?
Actin and myosin
What are the two types of myofilaments?
The two filaments involved are myosin and actin. Actin: is the framework and slides over the myosin filament when the muscle is shortened. myosin: is a thick filament Also a sacromere: is made up of the actin and myosin. It is the functional unit of a muscle fibre and extends from z line to z line. A muscle contraction: is many sacromeres shortening ( actin sliding over myosin)
The sliding filament mechanism of muscle contraction involves?
during contraction, the thin filaments slide past the thick filaments so that actin and myosin filaments overlap.
The sliding filament model of contraction involves .?
The sliding filament model of contraction involves actin filaments overlapping myosin filaments.
What are the names of protein filaments in a muscle fiber?
Actin Filaments
How do proteins actin and myosin interact to make a muscle contract?
Myosin and Actin
What is the name of the regulatory protein?
myosin and actin
What are the two contractile proteins of muscle?
The two types of protein that are in your muscle cells are actin and myosin. What they do is they slide past each other and that makes a muscle cell work.
Where are the myosin filaments found?
Myosin and Actin are contractile proteins that make up the sarcomeres, the contractile components of myofibrils, which make up skeletal and cardiac muscle.
What protein makes up the thick filaments of myofibrils?
Myosin makes up the THICK filaments, and actin makes up the thin filaments of myofibrils.
