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The main component of a muscle is the myofibril, which is made up of two types of filamentous proteins: the fine, 8-nanometer-long type, and the thicker, 16-nanometer-long type. The filaments overlap one another in varying amounts, depending on whether the muscle is contracted or relaxed. This overlapping of filaments produces the muscle's transverse striations, which can be seen both in individual myofibrils and in the entire muscle fiber. Proteins of support, such as myosin and titin, keep the filaments in the center of the striated zone tight. These two proteins, myosin and titin, are the main contractile proteins in the muscle. In relaxed muscles, myosin covers the sites of previous myosin-titin cross-links, preventing them from being cross-linked again.
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