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Regarding muscles and movement, what is the concept of the sliding filament mechanism?

Inside the sarcomere, the myosin filament and actin filament slide over eachother making the sarcomere shorter- at rest there is no cross bridge, actin and myosin are apart, ADP + Pi are bound to myosin- Pi ...
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What is allostery and what are the differences between competitive and non competitive inhibitors?

Enzymes have an active site and allosteric sites. Allosteric sites regulate the activity of the enzyme.An allosteric enzyme could be- an allosteric activator which binds and stabilises the active form of the...
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What is the difference between secondary and tertiary protein structure?

Secondary: localised folding within the polypeptide chain that is stabilised by hydrogen bonds. The most common secondary protein structures are alpha helices and beta sheets. Tertiary: this is the final for...
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How is insulin secretion controlled?

Beta cells in the pancreas contain potassium and calcium ion channels - potassium ion channels are normally open and calcium channels closed. When glucose concentrations outside of the cell are high the gluc...
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What is an enzyme?

Enzymes are proteins that catalyse the conversion of substrates into products. Similar to other catalysts, enzymes are chemically unchanged during the reaction and they do not change the position of any equi...
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