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DOWNLOAD PDFAn action potential in a motor neuron leads to acetylcholine release. Acetylcholine binds with receptors on the muscle fibers, opening sodium channels, with release of calcium. Calcium influx from voltage-gated calcium channels results in calcium binding to troponin on the muscle fiber.
The calcium binding causes an allosteric change in troponin, shifting tropomysin, which was blocking the active site. This movement exposes the binding sites on the actin filament.
The power stroke of contraction requires ATP, so to keep up with muscle demands for ATP there are many mitochondria producing ATP in muscle cells.
The myosin head binds to the newly available active site, initiating the power stroke. They do so by breaking down ATP to ADP and a phosphate group.
The power stroke occurs when multiple myosin molecules generate force through ATP hydrolysis, which causes a conformational shift and myosin to pull against actin.
The release of the ADP allows the myosin head to unbind from the active site on actin, until more ATP hydrolysis occurs with another power stroke.
Many ATP are consumed for ATP hydrolysis, which allows the power stroke and muscle contraction to occur.
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