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Proteins help the entire body A LOT, the muscular system itself is virtually made up of entire proteins, contraction basically depends on the movement of certain proteins called myosin and actin and other kind of filaments. In rough terms, muscles are proteins.

Each actin filament slides along adjacent myosin filaments with the help of other proteinsand ions present in the cell. Tropomyosin and troponin are two proteins attached to the actin filaments that enable the globular heads on myosin to instantaneously attach to the myosin strands. The attachment and rapid release of this bond induces the sliding motion of these filaments that results in muscle contraction. In addition, calcium ions and ATP (adenosine triphosphate, the source of cellular energy) are required by the muscle cell to process this reaction. Numerous mitochondria (organelles in a cell that produce enzymes necessary for energy metabolism) are present in muscle fibers to supply the extensive ATP required by the cell.

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