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7 - SLIDING FILAMENT THEORY Flashcards

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1ST STEP

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Ca2+ released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum of the myofibril

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Ca2+ binds to troponin on actin, causing the actin-myosin blocking protein tropomyosin to move

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3rd STEP

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Myosin heads can now bind to actin, forming a cross bridge

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4th STEP

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Myosin heads nod forward, thus pulling the actin over the myosin

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Hydrolysis of ATP by ATPase on the myosin head supplies energy to enable the breaking of the actin myosin cross bridges and formation of new ones further away

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