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Myosin   /mˈaɪəsən/   Listen
Myosin

noun
1.
The commonest protein in muscle; a globulin that combines with actin to form actomyosin.



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... proteins are complex nitrogenous compounds which are preeminent in fulfilling the two functions of a food: to form tissue and to produce work and heat. As examples may be quoted, myosin the chief protein of ordinary meat or muscle, ovalbumin one of the proteins of egg-white, casein belonging to milk and cheese, and gluten a ...
— The Home of the Blizzard • Douglas Mawson


Words linked to "Myosin" :   actomyosin, globulin


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