July 21, 2012

Locating muscle proteins




Locating muscle proteins

Max Planck scientists bring the basis of muscle movement into sharper focus

July 20, 2012

Muscle contraction and many other movement processes are controlled by the interplay between myosin and actin filaments. Two further proteins, tropomyosin and troponin, regulate how myosin binds to actin. While theoretical models have in fact described exactly how these muscle proteins interact, this interaction has never previously been observed in detail.

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