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Tropomyosin

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tropomyosin [‚träp·ə′mī·ə·sən]
(biochemistry)
A muscle protein similar to myosin and implicated as being part of the structure of the Z bands separating sarcomeres from each other.
Tropomyosin 

a protein constituent of muscle myofibrils. Tropomyosin A, or paramyosin, is insoluble in water, in contrast to water-soluble tropomyosin B. Paramyosin is found in the muscles of mollusks and of some arthropods, where it is believed to occupy the center of thick myosin fibers. Tropomyosin B, actin, and myosin are the principal proteins of skeletal muscles and constitute about 11 percent of myofibril protein. Tropomyosin B is a constituent of the thin fibers of I disks (isotropic disks).
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