As atp binds to the myosin head at the beginning of a muscle contraction cycle, the myosin head immediately

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Yosef Hayes

Biology

9 September, 11:04

As atp binds to the myosin head at the beginning of a muscle contraction cycle, the myosin head immediately

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Quinton Hartman · Answer 1

As the ATP binds to the head of the myosin during the muscle contraction cycle, the myosin head would start detaching from actin. Each myosin contains a binding site for actin and a binding site for ATP. Hope this answers the question.