This would be an easy, beautiful make-ahead breakfast/brunch item. chia, graham and oats on the bottom. Arbonne Vanilla Protein powder, shaken w/ the water/almond milk & a touch of ground chia, and topped with fruit. Blueberry by Niklas Soderquist.
Tropomyosin and Troponin Tropomyosin and troponin are two other proteins found in small quantities in muscle. They help regulate muscle contraction. Troponin is associated with the thin filaments and can bind to the actin molecules. There is usually one troponin per 6-8 actin molecules. Tropomyosin is a long thin protein that extends between, and binds to, the troponin molecules. When troponin is bound to actin, the tropomyosin is positioned so it prevents the myosin heads from contacting actin, thus preventing contraction.
This calcium then binds to troponin, causing tropomyosin to move and allowing cross-bridges to form between the myosin and actin filaments. The actin is then pulled (slides) across the myosin. Unlike skeletal muscle, there is no neuromuscular junction or troponin in smooth muscle.Instead, contraction is started by the release of neurotransmitter vesicles (membrane bound containers) into the space between the cells. In smooth muscle calcium acts directly on the myosin head-causing cross-bridges to form. Thick filaments are scattered throughout the sarcoplasm of a smooth muscle cell. The myosin proteins are organized differently than in skeletal or cardiac muscle cells, and smooth muscle cells have more cross-bridges per thick filament.