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12 years ago
a) Which molecule has a binding site for myosin cross bridges?

b) Which molecule covers this binding site?

c) Which molecule has a bindign site for calcium ions?
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12 years ago
The sarcolemma is the cell membrane of a muscle cell (skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle).[1] It consists of a true cell membrane, called the plasma membrane, and an outer coat made up of a thin layer of polysaccharide material that contains numerous thin collagen fibrils. At each end of the muscle fiber, this surface layer of the sarcolemma fuses with a tendon fiber, and the tendon fibers in turn collect into bundles to form the muscle tendons that then insert into bones. The membrane is designed to receive and conduct stimuli.
if you fo to wikipedia and do a search
tropomyosin
it will have pictures
Tropomyosin is an actin-binding protein that regulates actin mechanics. It is important, among other things, for muscle contraction. Tropomyosin, along with the troponin complex, associate with actin in muscle fibers and regulate muscle contraction by regulating the binding of myosin. In resting muscle, tropomyosin overlays the myosin binding sites on actin and is "locked" down in this position by troponin T (tropomyosin binding troponin) and troponin I (inhibitory troponin). Upon release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium binds to troponin C (calcium binding troponin). This "unlocks" tropomyosin from actin, allowing it to move away from the binding groove. Myosin heads can now access the binding sites on actin. Once one myosin head binds, this fully displaces tropomyosin and allows additional myosin heads to bind, initiating muscle shortening and contraction. Once calcium is pumped out of the cytoplasm and calcium levels return to normal, tropomyosin again binds to actin, preventing myosin from binding.
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12 years ago
The guy who answered above just copied and pasted from wikipedia WITHOUT even citing the source.  That's called plagiarism.

a)actin (with aid of ATP)
b)myosin (helped by calcium)
c)troponin
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