Definition of tropomyosin in English:
tropomyosin
noun ˌtrəʊpə(ʊ)ˈmʌɪəsɪnˌträpōˈmīəsən
mass nounBiochemistry A protein involved in muscle contraction. It is related to myosin and occurs together with troponin in the thin filaments of muscle tissue.
Example sentencesExamples
- The addition of regulatory proteins, troponin and tropomyosin, is known to increase the sliding speed of thin filaments in the in vitro motility assay.
- Flight muscle contraction is regulated by both stretch and Ca 2 + induced thin filament (actin + tropomyosin + troponin complex) activation.
- The regulation of contractility in striated muscle by calcium is effected via tropomyosin on the actin filament.
- For example, troponin and tropomyosin form large protein complexes with multiple points of interactions with each other and the F-actin helical backbone.
- Unfavorable interactions could occur at high ionic strength between adjacent tropomyosin molecules, between tropomyosin and troponin, or between other protein pairs.
Origin
1940s: from Greek tropos 'turning' + myosin.