actin

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actin englannista suomeksi

1. aktiini

0. Substantiivi

actin englanniksi

1. A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).

2. 2012, Elaine N. Marieb & Katja Hoehn, ''Human Anatomy & Physiology'', 8th ed., chapter 9 "Muscles and Muscle Tissue", page 281.

Actin has kidney-shaped polypeptide subunits, called ''globular actin'' or ''G actin'', which bear the active sites to which the myosin heads attach during contraction.

3. One of the six isoforms of actin.