answersLogoWhite

0

What does myosin attach to?

Updated: 4/28/2022
User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

Best Answer

During muscle contraction, myosin cross bridges attach to active sites of ACTIN FILAMENTS.

User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What does myosin attach to?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

What protein with heads that attach in cross bridging?

myosin


Myosin cross bridges attach to active sites of?

actin (thin) filaments


During skeletal muscle contraction myosin cross bridges attach to active sites of?

During skeletal muscle contraction myosin cross bridges attach to active sites of actin filaments. Actin filaments bind ATP. Their growth is regulated by thymosin and profilin.


Where do myosin cross bridges attach during muscle contraction?

Myosin functions as an ATPase utilizing ATP to produce a molecular conformational change of part of the myosin and produces movement. Movement of the filaments over each other happens when the globular heads protruding from myosin filaments attach and interact with actin filaments to form crossbridges. The myosin heads tilt and drag along the actin filament a small distance (10-12 nm). The heads then release the actin filament and adopt their original conformation.


During muscle contraction myosin cross bridges attach to which active sites?

actin filaments


Why are the muscles of the finger don't develop as much force as the muscles of the leg?

1. Muscles fibers with a large diameter develop more force, and have more myofibrils and more myosin heads that can attach to actin. The amount of force is dependent on the number of myosin heads attached to actin.


What are the proteins are involved in muscle contraction?

Actin and myosin


What protein makes up the thick filaments of myofibrils?

Myosin makes up the THICK filaments, and actin makes up the thin filaments of myofibrils.


What are the thick protein filaments in the cell made of?

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.


What is the function of myosin?

Myosin is responsible for actin-based muscular mobility/contraction.


Myosin light-chain kinase?

is antagonized by the actions of myosin phosphatase


Binding of the myosin heads sequentially prevents what?

myosin crossbridge binding