What is the function of troponin in muscle contraction?

A. Troponin slides past myosin causing
muscle shortening.
B. Troponin forms the cross-bridges between
actin and myosin.
C. Troponin moves tropomyosin from actin so
that the actin can bind to myosin.
D. Troponin has no function in muscle
contraction.


C

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