NEETZoologyLocomotion and Movement
Choose the correct statement w.r.t diagram shown:
Options
- AThis structure is of actin protein.
- BThis filament is not a polymerised protein.
- CIt contains three parts: head, short arm, and a tail.
- DGlobular head has an active ATPase enzyme and has binding site for ATP.
Correct answer
D. Globular head has an active ATPase enzyme and has binding site for ATP.
Step-by-step solution
Each myosin (thick) filament is also a polymerised protein. Many monomeric proteins called Meromyosins constitute one thick filament. Each meromyosin has two important parts, a globular head with a short arm and a tail, the former being called the heavy meromyosin (HMM) and the latter, the light meromyosin (LMM). The HMM component, i.e.; the head and short arm projects outwards at regular distance and angle from each other from the surface of a polymerised myosin filament and is known as cross arm. The globular hea