Myosin heads attach to actin by breaking down ATP to ADP and a phosphate via Myosin-ATPase The Myosin head forms a âcross-bridgeâ on the active site of the actin filament. The cross bridge pulls actin, which slides over the myosin â known as the âPower Stroke.â
Plantain (or Plantago Major) is a common backyard herb with broad leafs. Most people think of it as a weed, though it is an incredibly useful herb. According to Mountain Rose Herbs: âLegend has it that Alexander the Great discovered it and brought it with him back to Europe in 327 BCE.
There are over 200 species in the plantain family, and they are found worldwide. Many have herbal uses. Plantago major is the most common one in North America, but Plantago lanceolata can also be found. Both have the same medicinal uses, and are very similar in appearance.Plantago major has wide rounded leaves, with a flowering spike covered with small nubbly seeds; Plantago lanceolata has longer, slender leaves, and a mostly bare flowering stem, with a conelike cluster of flowers on the top.t will grow in sun to shade, and in almost any soil-plantain is very adaptable. Plantain spreads by seeds. Plantain is a low-growing, green plant with oval, ribbed short-stemmed leaves. The leaves form basal rosettes which tend to hug the ground.