NEETZoologyLocomotion and Movement
Identify A, B, C and D and choose correct statement:
Options
- AA= cross arm: also known as tropomyosin.
- BB= Head: component of LMM (Light meromyosin).
- CC= Actin binding site: present on actin for attachment to actin molecules.
- DD= ATP binding site: present on Globular head of meromyosin.
Correct answer
D. D= ATP binding site: present on Globular head of meromyosin.
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