Contraction II Department of Biology, WCU
Revision Sarcomere bands and zones, filaments (thick, thin)
Myosin 1. tail and heads 2. cross bridge 3. head pivots
Actin Actin 2 strands Tropomyosin stiffen actin block myosin head
Actin Troponin: 3 polypeptides Functions inhibit actin and myosin binding rotates actin to enable myosin binding binds to Ca++
Sliding filament theory Sarcomeres shorten Filament length does not shorten Filaments slide
Sliding filament theory 1. Cross bridge attachment Ca++ influx tropomyosin release myosin attachment ATP conversion
Sliding filament theory 2. Power stroke myosin head pivots disappearance of H zone and I band ADP + Pi release
Sliding filament theory 3. Cross bridge detachment detachment binding of new ATP low to high energy confirmation
Sliding filament theory Cross bridge reattachment ATP hydrolysis reattachment
Sliding filament theory One power stroke results in 1% shortening Muscles shorten by 30% Many attachments and detachments
Rigor mortis What is stimulus for myosin detachment? ATP availability Extracellular Ca++ Muscle stiffening 3 - 4 hr < 12 hr > 48 - 60 hr