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Q. ATPase enzyme needed for muscle contraction is located in -

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During muscular contraction myosin cross bridges heads. Myosin is not only an actin binding protein. It is also an ATP ase (anenzyme) which is activated by Ca2+ Mg2+ ions. Hence, ATPase enzyme is located in myosin.