BIOC32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Creatine Kinase, Sarcolemma, Dystrophin
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Muscle contraction by sliding of myosin and actin filaments on top of each other. Power stroke: physical movement of actin filaments by cocking and uncocking of myosin heads. Two states muscles can be in: relaxed and contracted state. Tropomyosin runs the length of actin partially covering the actin-myosin binding site. Myosin is an atpase = breaks down atp adp +pi and stores the released energy as potential energy. Myosin head is cocked ready to move into action. Ca2+ levels increase in cytosol, ca2+ binds to troponin. Ca2+ = troponin complex pulls tropomyosin away from the g-actin-myosin binding site. Myosin binds to actin and completes the power stroke and the actin filament moves. Muscle will continue to contract as long as ca2+ is present. Brief phase of the contraction cycle d/t insufficient atp in living tissue. Ca2+ binds troponin changes its conformation pulls tropomyosin off actin to uncover g-actin-myosin binding site.