a protein in muscle tissue that works with troponin to control the process by which actin and myosin interact to produce muscle contraction
Examples of 'tropomyosin' in a sentence
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Both tropomodulins bind short α-, γ- and δ-tropomyosin isoforms.
Natalia Moroz, Laurent Guillaud, Brinda Desai, Alla S. Kostyukova 2013, 'Mutations changing tropomodulin affinity for tropomyosin alter neurite formation andextension', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/7.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Ten monoclonal antibodies against shrimp tropomyosin were obtained by fusion and cell screening.
Lu Zeng, Shanshan Song, Qiankun Zheng, Pengjie Luo, Xiaoling Wu, Hua Kuang 2019, 'Development of a sandwich ELISA and immunochromatographic strip for the detectionof shrimp tropomyosin', Food and Agricultural Immunologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540105.2019.1609912. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
For that, we introduce ensembles of cross-bridge groups connected by elastic tropomyosin.
Mari Kalda, Pearu Peterson, Marko Vendelin 2015, 'Cross-Bridge Group Ensembles Describing Cooperativity in Thermodynamically ConsistentWay.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4567334?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Coiled-coil tropomyosin binds to consecutive actin-subunits along actin-containing thin filaments.
Stefan Fischer, Michael J. Rynkiewicz, Jeffrey R. Moore, William Lehman 2016, 'Tropomyosin diffusion over actin subunits facilitates thin filament assembly', Structural Dynamicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4940223. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We propose that tropomyosin molecules diffuse over the actin-filament surface to connect head-to-tail to partners.
Stefan Fischer, Michael J. Rynkiewicz, Jeffrey R. Moore, William Lehman 2016, 'Tropomyosin diffusion over actin subunits facilitates thin filament assembly', Structural Dynamicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4940223. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We then analysed the predicted actin-tropomyosin interface regions for the three states.
Sunitha S Margaret, John A. Mercer, James A. Spudich, Ramanathan Sowdhamini 2012, 'Integrative Structural Modelling of the Cardiac Thin Filament: Energetics at the Interfaceand Conservation Patterns Reveal a Spotlight on Period 2 of Tropomyosin', Bioinformatics and Biology Insightshttps://doi.org/10.4137/BBI.S9798. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Tropomyosin-actin interaction occurs periodically along the length of tropomyosin.
Abhishek Singh, Sarah E Hitchcock-Degregori 2009, 'A peek into tropomyosin binding and unfolding on the actin filament.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2710508?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Tropomodulin binds tropomyosin in two binding sites.
Natalia Moroz, Laurent Guillaud, Brinda Desai, Alla S. Kostyukova 2013, 'Mutations changing tropomodulin affinity for tropomyosin alter neurite formation andextension', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/7.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This information could be useful to design tropomyosin-specific immunotherapy for sea food allergies.
Nataly Galán-Freyle, Jesús Olivero-Verbel, Liney Díaz-López 2012, 'Modeling of allergen proteins found in sea food products', Food Science and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0101-20612012000200028&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)