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titin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From titan + -in. From being a titanic (titan) protein (-in), a very large protein, the largest known prior to the discovery of PKZILLA.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A protein important in the contraction of striated muscle tissues.
    • In order to measure the pattern of force-dependent stretching of TR, we designed a DNA construct encoding for I27 2 -T R -I27 2 [TR flanked by two molecules of the I27 (27th immunoglobular domain of human cardiac titin), which has well-characterized mechanical properties.] 2009 January 30, Armando del Rio et al., “Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding”, in Science:

Deriveds

titinopathy · TTN

Synonyms

connectin · methionyl­threonyl...arginyl­seryl­isoleucine

Translations (21)

bg титин (protein) · eo titino (protein) · it titina (protein) · fr titine (protein) · id titin (protein) · pt titina (protein) · sw titini (protein) · ca titin (protein) · hi टाइटिन (protein) · it titino (protein) · fi titiini (protein) · cmn 肌聯蛋白 /肌联蛋白 (protein) · de Titin (protein) · es titina (protein) · cmn 肌巨蛋白 (protein) · ja チチン (protein) · nl titin (protein) · ru тайтин (protein) · sv titin (protein) · ru титин (protein) · pl tityna (protein)