Work Done by Titin Protein Folding Assists Muscle Contraction
Current theories of muscle contraction propose that the power stroke of a myosin motor is the sole source of mechanical energy driving the sliding filaments of a contracting muscle. These models exclude titin, the largest protein in the human body, which determines the passive elasticity of muscles....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-02-01
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| Series: | Cell Reports |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124716000462 |