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Muscle Metabolism
Muscle Metabolism Terminolgy
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
03/31/2007

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Hydrolysis
Definition
A chemical process in which an enzyme uses water to split one molecule into smaller parts
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Dehydration Synthesis
Definition
The chemical process that combines two molecules into a single larger molecule. The process involves an enzyme, the removal of one water molecule, and the formation of a covalent bond to join the two molecules
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Enzyme
Definition
A protein that acts as a biological catalyst to alter the rate of chemical reactions
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In muscle cells ATP plays an important role in what 3 things?
Definition
1. Energizing the power stroke of the myosin cross bridge 2. Disconnecting the myosin cross bridge from the binding site on actin at the conclusion of a power stroke 3. Energizing the calcium ion pump
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Power Stroke
Definition
The flexing movement of the myosin cross bridge that pulls the thin filament inward toward the center of the sarcomere
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Ion Pump
Definition
An integral protein of a cell membrane that actively transports ions from one side of the membrane to the other
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