Just immediately after death of animal, the energy metabolism stops the meat is soft and pliable but slowly slowly as time passes ATP declines to zero and pH drops as a result of lactic acid production during anaerobic respiration, which denatures the proteins and as a result make it more permeable for calcium ions, the actomyosin complex and Tropomyosin complexes are forms which are responsible for stiffening of meat.
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