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What is the plasma membrane of skeletal muscle called?

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Sarcolemma

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What is the cytoplasm of skeletal muscle called?

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Sarcoplasm

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What is the endoplasmic reticulum of skeletal muscle called?

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Sarcoplasmic reticulum

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What is the mitochondria of skeletal muscle called?

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Sarcosomes

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Muscle fibre organisation full (large - small)

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Muscle fibre - myofibrils - repeating units of sarcomeres - regular arrays of thick and thin filaments

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6
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What is the diameter of muscle fibre?

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> 100µM

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What is the diameter of myofibrils?

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1µm

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What is the diameter of thick filaments?

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18nm

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What is the diameter of thin filaments?

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5-8nm

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What is the length of thick filaments?

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1.6µm

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What is the length of thin filaments?

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1µm

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What area is the sarcomere?

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The area between Z-lines

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What is the H-zone?

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Central thick filament i.e. non-overlapped thin filament

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What is the A band?

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Thick filaments, overlapping with thin filaments at end

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What is the I band?

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Thin (actin) filament (non-overlapped) - terminates at Z line

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16
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What is the resting length of I band?

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2.5µm

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17
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Thin filament is composed of …

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Actin

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18
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Thick filament is composed of …

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Myosin

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19
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How many thin filaments can a single thick filament cross bridge to?

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Six

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20
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What are the contractile proteins of the sarcomere?

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  • Actin

- Myosin

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What are the structural proteins of the sarcomere?

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  • Titin

- Dystrophin

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What are the regulatory proteins of the sarcomere?

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  • Troponin-C

- Tropomyosin

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23
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How many myosin molecules are on thick filaments?

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300

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What are the two sites on the heads of the thick filament (myosin)?

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  • ATPase site

- Actin binding site

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What is the molecular weight of the 2 identical chains of the thick filament?
200,000 kD
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What is the percent of central bare zone in thick filaments?
10
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What is the molecular weight of G-actin?
42,000
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What does each G-actin molecule have?
A myosin binding site
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What type of protein is G-actin?
A globular protein
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What is thin filament connected through Z-line by?
Alpha-actinin
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What is F-actin (relative to G-actin)?
An alpha-helical polymer
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What is the thin filament surrounded by?
Surrounded by regulatory proteins - Tropomyosin - Troponin complex Tn-C, Tn-T, Tn-I
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What is the function of the structural proteins?
- Maintain sarcomere/myofibril structure | - Provide framework for myofilament arrangement
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What is the function of titin?
- Template for myosin assembly - Stability at long sarcomere lengths - Helps prevent sarcomere popping & Z-line streaming
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Where does titin run from?
Z-line to M-line (1mm)
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What does tropomyosin span?
Spans 7 G-actin monomers
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What is the function of tropomyosin at rest?
To block myosin binding sites on actin
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How many troponin complex per tropomyosin, and what do they control?
1 per tropomyosin - controls 7 G-actin monomers
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What is the function of troponin C?
Binds to Ca2+ to produce a conformational change in TnI
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What is the function of troponin T?
Binds to tropomyosin, to form a troponin-tropomyosin complex
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What is the function of troponin I?
Binds to actin to hold the troponin-tropomyosin complex in place
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What occurs when troponin receives Ca2+?
Destabilisation of tropomyosin actin binding - Cross Bridge Formation
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What occurs when troponin is lacking Ca2+?
Stabilisation of tropomyosin actin binding
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What is the basic cycle of cross bridging and sarcomere shortening?
1) Actin-myosin binding 2) Power stroke 3) Detachment 4) Binding
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Give the steps of what occurs in cross bridging and sarcomere shortening.
- Myosin cross bridge binds to molecule - Cross bridge bends, pulling thin myofilament inward - Cross bridge detaches at end of power stroke and returns to original conformation. - Cross bridge binds to move distal actin molecule; cycle repeats.
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What happens to the H zone during contractions?
Shortens
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What happens to the I band during contractions?
Shorter
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What happens to the A band during contractions?
Same width - no change
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Give details of the role of ATP (Ca2+ present - excitation, no ATP)
1. Energised: ATP split by myosin ATPase; ADP and P remain attached to myosin; enegry stored in cross bridge. 2. Binding: Ca2+ released one excitation; removes inhibitory influence from actin, enabling it to bind with cross bridge. 3. Bending: Power stroke of cross bridge triggered on contact between myosin and actin; P released during and ADP released after power stroke. 4. Rigor complex: If no fresh ATP available, actin and myosin remain bound in rigor complex.
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Give details of the role of ATP (Ca2+ present - excitation, fresh ATP)
1. Energised: ATP split by myosin ATPase; ADP and P remain attached to myosin; enegry stored in cross bridge. 2. Binding: Ca2+ released one excitation; removes inhibitory influence from actin, enabling it to bind with cross bridge. 3. Bending: Power stroke of cross bridge triggered on contact between myosin and actin; P released during and ADP released after power stroke. 4. Detachment: Linkage between actin and myosin broken as fresh molecule of TP binds to myosin cross bridge; cross bridge assumes original conformation; ATO hydrolyzed
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Give details of the role of ATP (no Ca2+ present)
1. Energised: ATP split by myosin ATPase; ADP and P remain attached to myosin; enegry stored in cross bridge. 2. Resting: No excitation; no Ca2+ released; actin and myosin prevented from binding; no cross-bridge cycle; muscle fibre remains at rest.
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Give details of the cross bridge cycle
At rest myosin is energised ATP has been cleaved to ADP, Pi & energy Energy is stored within the myosin protein Ca2+ binds to troponin-C Myosin binding site on actin becomes exposed Myosin becomes bound to actin Pi is released from myosin upon binding with actin Myosin releases energy through the power stoke Actin is dragged toward the interior of the sarcomere Appearance provides the Sliding Filament Theory Sarcomere length decreases, translating to whole muscle shortening (CONTRACTION) After power stroke myosin binds new ATP molecule Actin and myosin detach ATP hydrolysis occurs to re-energise myosin Myosin head returns to resting position If [Ca2+]i is maintained: Crossbridge cycle continues However [Ca2+] is rapidly pumped back into the SR by the SR/ER Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA).
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What drives the contractile apparatus?
Calcium
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Where is the calcium from in the cross bridge cycle?
Sarcoplasmic reticulum
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What is the signal for calcium release?
When an action potential, travels through a motor neuron.
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What must bind to troponin for the cross bridge cycle?
Calcium
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What is the first step towards elevating intracellular free calcium in the return to the NMJ?
The transfer of the action potential to invaginations in the sarcolemma
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Where do voltage-dependent calcium release?
Via the ryanodine receptor
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