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单词 troponin
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troponin

[ troh-puh-nin, trop-uh- ]
/ ˈtroʊ pə nɪn, ˈtrɒp ə- /

noun Biochemistry.

a protein of muscle tissue that binds calcium ions and is involved in contraction.

Origin of troponin

1965–70; tropo(myosin) (see tropo-, myosin) + -n- (of uncertain origin) + -in2

Words nearby troponin

tropism, tropo-, tropocollagen, tropology, tropomyosin, troponin, troponin I, tropopause, tropophilous, tropophyte, troposphere
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Medical definitions for troponin

troponin
[ trōpə-nĭn, trŏpə- ]

n.

A calcium-regulated protein in muscle tissue occurring in three subunits with tropomyosin.
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Scientific definitions for troponin

troponin
[ trōpə-nĭn, trŏpə- ]

One of the proteins that make up the thin filaments of muscle tissue and that regulate muscle contraction and relaxation. Troponin occurs in three forms bound together in a complex. One of the three forms is a receptor of calcium ions that induces structural changes that allow the actin in the thin filaments to interact with myosin, causing contraction.
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