BIOL273 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Atp Hydrolysis, Myocyte, Myosin

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Myosin heads bind to actin molecules- a calcium signal initiates the power stroke, which is when myosin cross bridges swivel and push the actin filaments toward the center of the sarcomere. At the end of the power stroke, the myosin heads release actin and swivel back to find a new actin molecule, ready to start another contractile cycle (myosin is like hands- actin is like rope on a sailboat) The heads don"t release all at the same time because all the fibres would slide back to the starting position (just like on a sailboat) Starting with rigor state (to be stiff): when myosin heads are tightly bound to. G-actin molecules, no nucleotide is bound to myosin. Atp binds to myosin head, which decreases the actin binding affinity of myosin, and myosin releases from actin. This new cross bridge is weak, but in this new rotated position myosin has stored potential energy like a stretched spring.

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