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noun - one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split
A protein found in muscle that together with myosin functions in muscle contraction.
noun - a protein in muscle tissue
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A protein found in muscle that together with myosin functions in muscle contraction. |
a protein which forms (together with myosin) the contractile filaments of muscle cells, and is also involved in motion in other types of cell. |
one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form |
A protein which forms (together with myosin) the contractile filaments of muscle cells, and is also involved in motion in other types of cell. |
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Actin is a family of globular multi-functional proteins that form microfilaments. It is found in essentially all eukaryotic cells (the only known exception being nematode sperm), where it may be present at a concentration of over 100 M; its mass is roughly 42-kDa, with a diameter of 4 to 7 nm. * An actin protein is the monomeric subunit of two types of filaments in cells: microfilaments, one of the three major components of the cytoskeleton, and thin filaments, part of the contractile apparatus in muscle cells. It can be present as either a free monomer called G-actin (globular) or as part of a linear polymer microfilament called F-actin (filamentous), both of which are essential for such important cellular functions as the mobility and contraction of cells during cell division. * Actin participates in many important cellular processes, including muscle contraction, cell motility, cell division and cytokinesis, vesicle and organelle movement, cell signaling, and the establishment and maint |