TROPONIN


Meaning of TROPONIN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtrō-pə-nən, ˈträ-, -ˌnin ]

noun

Etymology: by shortening & alteration from tropomyosin

Date: 1966

: a protein of muscle that together with tropomyosin forms a regulatory protein complex controlling the interaction of actin and myosin and that when combined with calcium ions permits muscular contraction

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