What is the cross arm in the heavy meromyosin (HMM) component?

What is the cross arm in the heavy meromyosin (HMM) component?
  1. Tail
  2. Head and short arm projecting outwards at regular distance and angle from each other
  3. Filamentous actin
  4. Troponin

Solution

The cross arm in the HMM component refers to the head and short arm projecting outwards at regular distance and angle from each other from the surface of a polymerised myosin filament.

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