List and explain the functions of the regulatory molecules in a sarcomere, specifying how the on and off positions are controlled and its impact on the crossbridges formed.
What will be an ideal response?
Troponin and tropomyosin and the primary regulatory proteins. Tropomyosin wraps around the actin of the thin filament to restrict access of the myosin to its binding site on the actin molecule. When intracellular calcium concentration is low such that troponin is not bound by calcium (resting muscle), the tropomyosin is in the off position and myosin is weakly bound to actin (low force crossbridge). When muscle is stimulated, the increasing calcium binds to the troponin (C subunit) to shift the tropomyosin into the on position. In the on position, the
crossbridges that are formed are high force.
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