myosin
/mahy-uh-sin/US // ˈmaɪ ə sɪn //UK // (ˈmaɪəsɪn) //
肌球蛋白,肌酶,肌苷,肌肽
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Biochemistry.
- : the principal contractile protein of muscle.
Examples
Titin wraps around the myosin filaments that compose individual muscle fibers, and when muscle fibers contract, a part of titin becomes exposed that’s otherwise inaccessible.
The pemmican we used consisted of powdered dried beef (containing the important protein, myosin) and 50 per cent.
Into this special class fall myosin (of the muscles), fibrinogen (of the blood) and vitellin (of egg yolk).
Other forms of protein are globulin and myosin, which form the actual muscle-substance.
Another similar experiment made with antipeptone, formed from the myosin of muscle-tissue, gave like results.
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