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=== The Z-disc of the muscle sarcomere ===

~~[[Image:Sarcomere.png|right|300px]]~~

==Introduction==

Although all types of muscle cells use actin and myosin for contraction, only in skeletal and cardiac muscle these proteins are organized into sarcomeric units. They are generally composed of ordered thick (myosin) and thin (actin, tropomyosin, troponin) filaments that slide past each other during contraction. The precise ultra-structural order of these filaments is of utmost importance for converting the molecular interactions produced by actin and myosin in each sarcomere into efficient contraction at the macroscopic level (Figure 1). In addition to those components responsible for active muscle operation, many other filamentous proteins, such as titin and nebulin, have important roles in myofibril structure formation and regulation. Titin, the largest known vertebrate gene product, connects the Z-discs to the central M-band [reviewed in <ref>PMID:16337382</ref>] and nebulin, which spans the length of the actin filaments [reviewed in <ref name="r1">PMID:12142273</ref><ref>PMID:22375125</ref><ref>PMID:16230109</ref>].

Although all types of muscle cells use actin and myosin for contraction, only in skeletal and cardiac muscle these proteins are organized into sarcomeric units. They are generally composed of ordered thick (myosin) and thin (actin, tropomyosin, troponin) filaments that slide past each other during contraction. The precise ultra-structural order of these filaments is of utmost importance for converting the molecular interactions produced by actin and myosin in each sarcomere into efficient contraction at the macroscopic level ('''Figure 1'''). In addition to those components responsible for active muscle operation, many other filamentous proteins, such as titin and nebulin, have important roles in myofibril structure formation and regulation. Titin, the largest known vertebrate gene product, connects the Z-discs to the central M-band [reviewed in <ref>PMID:16337382</ref>] and nebulin, which spans the length of the actin filaments [reviewed in <ref name="r1">PMID:12142273</ref><ref>PMID:22375125</ref><ref>PMID:16230109</ref>].

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 === The Z-disc of the muscle sarcomere ===
-[[Image:Sarcomere.png|right|300px]]
 ==Introduction==
-Although all types of muscle cells use actin and myosin for contraction, only in skeletal and cardiac muscle these proteins are organized into sarcomeric units. They are generally composed of ordered thick (myosin) and thin (actin, tropomyosin, troponin) filaments that slide past each other during contraction. The precise ultra-structural order of these filaments is of utmost importance for converting the molecular interactions produced by actin and myosin in each sarcomere into efficient contraction at the macroscopic level (Figure 1). In addition to those components responsible for active muscle operation, many other filamentous proteins, such as titin and nebulin, have important roles in myofibril structure formation and regulation. Titin, the largest known vertebrate gene product, connects the Z-discs to the central M-band [reviewed in <ref>PMID:16337382</ref>] and nebulin, which spans the length of the actin filaments [reviewed in <ref name="r1">PMID:12142273</ref><ref>PMID:22375125</ref><ref>PMID:16230109</ref>].
+Although all types of muscle cells use actin and myosin for contraction, only in skeletal and cardiac muscle these proteins are organized into sarcomeric units. They are generally composed of ordered thick (myosin) and thin (actin, tropomyosin, troponin) filaments that slide past each other during contraction. The precise ultra-structural order of these filaments is of utmost importance for converting the molecular interactions produced by actin and myosin in each sarcomere into efficient contraction at the macroscopic level ('''Figure 1'''). In addition to those components responsible for active muscle operation, many other filamentous proteins, such as titin and nebulin, have important roles in myofibril structure formation and regulation. Titin, the largest known vertebrate gene product, connects the Z-discs to the central M-band [reviewed in <ref>PMID:16337382</ref>] and nebulin, which spans the length of the actin filaments [reviewed in <ref name="r1">PMID:12142273</ref><ref>PMID:22375125</ref><ref>PMID:16230109</ref>].