ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Titin has several functions within sarcomeres. One of the protein’s main jobs is to provide structure, flexibility, and stability to these cell structures. Titin interacts with other muscle proteins, including actin and myosin, to keep the components of sarcomeres in place as muscles contract and relax.

Detailed explanation-2: -Titin has long been recognized as a mechanical protein in muscle cells that has a main function as a molecular spring in the contractile units, the sarcomeres. Recent work suggests that the titin spring contributes to muscle contraction in a more active manner than previously thought.

Detailed explanation-3: -The myofibrillar protein components most important for muscle fiber structure are actin and myosin. They are the most abundant proteins in muscle and are directly involved in the ability of muscle to contract and to relax.

Detailed explanation-4: -Titin is a giant structural sarcomeric protein with a molecular weight of more than 3800 kD. The largest human protein, it forms the third filament system in striated muscle along with actin and myosin. Single titin molecules span half sarcomeres from Z disks to M lines in skeletal and cardiac muscle.