troponin

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Definition of troponin

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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

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Etymology

From tropomyosin. Coined by the Japanese researcher Setsuro Ebashi in 1963.http://jb.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol59/issue4/index.dtl

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