Troponin
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Troponin is a noun meaning (biochemistry, medicine, cardiology) A heterotrimeric regulatory protein complex found in the thin filaments of striated muscle fibers, including both skeletal and cardiac muscle, that controls calcium-mediated muscle contraction.
Meaning
(biochemistry, medicine, cardiology) A heterotrimeric regulatory protein complex found in the thin filaments of striated muscle fibers, including both skeletal and cardiac muscle, that controls calcium-mediated muscle contraction.
Word Forms
- troponins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tropomyosin, trop, titin, topomyosin, thropomyosin, tropomysin.
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