Imagine you have extracted myosin molecules from both fast and slow twitch muscle fibers and are measuring the rate at which these proteins hydrolyze ATP. What would these relative rates of ATP hydrolysis be?

A. fast twitch fiber > slow twitch fiber
B. slow twitch fiber > fast twitch fiber
C. slow twitch fiber = fast twitch fiber


A. fast twitch fiber > slow twitch fiber

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