List and describe the types of contractile and regulatory proteins found in a thin filament
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A thin filament is composed of actin, tropomyosin, and troponin. Actin is a contractile protein. Actin has an area known as an active site that can bind a myosin head. Strings of actin molecules form the largest part of the thin filament. Tropomyosin is a regulatory protein that spirals around the actin strands and covers the active sites. Troponin is a second regulatory protein that holds tropomyosin in place and binds a calcium ion.
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