meromyosin

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mer·o·my·o·sin

(mĕr′ə-mī′ə-sĭn)

Either of two subunits (designated "heavy" and "light") of a myosin molecule, as obtained through the action of a proteolytic enzyme such as trypsin.

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meromyosin

(ˌmɛrəˈmaɪəsɪn)

(Biochemistry) either of two protein subunits of myosin obtained esp by tryptic digestion

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The protein aggregates or large particles were formed by heavy meromyosin and light meromyosin via changing their conformations [37].

Comparative study of thermal gelation properties and molecular forces of actomyosin extracted from normal and pale, soft and exudative-like chicken breast meat

Myosin II presents two fragments; light meromyosin (LMM), which corresponds to two thirds of the tail and is responsible for the self-assembly of protein dimers, and heavy meromyosin (HMM), that is divided in two subfragments; the subfragment 1 (S1), which includes the motor domain, is consisted of globular heads, and the subfragment 2 (S2), which corresponds to the proximal third of the tail and acts as flexible connection between S1 and LMM (Craig & Woodhead, 2006).

Sarcomere Structure: The Importance of Desmin Protein in Muscle Atrophy/ Estructura de Sarcomera: La Importancia de Proteina Desmina en Atrofia Muscular

After 24 h marinating the 200 KDa polypeptides (heavy meromyosin) were identified in all samples (Figure 3).

Quality, Microstructure, and Technological Properties of Sheep Meat Marinated in Three Different Ways

Expression and purification of full-length of Physarum myosin, short-tailed heavy meromyosin, and Physarum myosin with mutant Ca-binding light chain.

Calcium inhibition as an intracellular signal for actin-myosin interaction

Squid mantle muscle contains endogenous metalloproteinases that selectively degrade myosin molecules into heavy meromyosin (HMM) and light meromyosin (LMM) (Yoshioka et al., 2005).

Squid protein characteristics and their potential industrial applications/Caracteristicas de las proteinas de calamar y su potencial aplicacion industrial/Caracteristicas das proteinas de lula e sua potencial aplicacao industrial

The [beta]-myosin heavy chain is divided into three regions: the subfragment 1 (S1), subfragment 2 (S2) and light meromyosin (LMM) (Fig.

Variaciones geneticas en el gen MYH7 en pacientes venezolanos con miocardiopatia hipertrofica

The S1 meromyosin fragment will be fixed at this level, resulting in the change of the angle between the 2 myosin parts, namely its head and neck.