(9) Mechanism of contraction and relaxation of muscles
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Glossary
ADP: Adenosine diphosphate ATP: adenosine triphosphate
ATPase: enzyme that degrades ATP
Actin: Protein that forms actin filaments
Actin filament: protein complex
Actomyosin: protein complex of actin and myosin
Calcium ion: calcium atom with a positive charge
Calcium pump: protein that transports calcium ions using ATP-derived energy
Calmodulin: a type of calcium-binding protein
Sarcoplasmic reticulum: vesicles that develop around myofibrils
Myofiber : a muscle cell, a fibrous cell that makes up a muscle
Light chain: the smaller molecular weight of a protein consisting of two basic units, a large and a small one.
Cytoplasm: the part of the protoplasm other than the nucleoplasm
Trifluoroacetic acid: one type of carboxylic acid
Troponin C: subunit of troponin, binds calcium ions
Troponin I: subunit of troponin, inhibits muscle contraction
Troponin T: subunit comprising troponin, binds tropomyosin
Tropomyosin: actin-binding protein
Myosin: a type of protein
Myosin filament: a fibrous connection of myosin Phosphoric acid: a type of oxoacid of phosphorus