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cardiac sarcomere

Components

- thick filament

  • cardiac myosin binding protein C
  • regulatory and essential light chains
  • beta myosin heavy chain

- thin filament

  • troponin-I
  • troponin-T
  • tropomyosin
  • actin

Pathology (sarcomeropathies)

Mutations in genes encoding each of the proteins can cause hyertrophic cardiomyopathy.