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Figure 1. Diagram showing the level of organization within a skeletal muscle fiber, from single fiber to myofibrils, sarcomeres, actin and myosin myofilaments, and myosin molecule. The myosin molecule is composed of 4 light-chain (MyLC) molecules (2 essential and 2 regulatory) and 2 myosin heavy-chain (MyHC) subunits.