- Exam
- NEET
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Locomotion and Movement
NEET · Zoology · Locomotion and Movement
What is the main function of the heavy meromyosin (HMM) component?
Options
- ATo run close to the F actins
- BTo act as an ATPase enzyme
- CTo mask the active binding sites
- DTo project outwards at regular distance and angle
Correct answer
B. To act as an ATPase enzyme
Step-by-step solution
.Each "F" actin is a polymer of monomeric "G" (Globular) actinsTwo filaments of another protein, tropomyosin also run close to the "F" actins throughout its length.In the resting state a subunit of troponin masks the active binding sites for myosin on the actin filaments.The thick filament in a myofibril is made up of many monomeric proteins called Meromyosins.The HMM component consists of the head and short arm of a meromyosin.The cross arm in the HMM component refers to the head and short arm projecting outwards at regular distance and angle from each other from the surface of a polymerised myosin filament.The light meromyosin (LMM) component refers to the tail of a meromyosin.The main function of the HMM component is to act as an ATPase enzyme and has binding sites for ATP and active sites for actin.