titin

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaɪtɪn/

Noun

titin (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) A protein important in the contraction of striated muscle tissues.
    • 2009, January 30, “Armando del Rio et al.”, in Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding:
      In order to measure the pattern of force-dependent stretching of TR, we designed a DNA construct encoding for I27 2 -T R -I27 2 [TR flanked by two molecules of the I27 (27th immunoglobular domain of human cardiac titin), which has well-characterized mechanical properties.]

Synonyms

  • connectin
  • methionyl­threonyl...arginyl­seryl­isoleucine (scientific name)

Translations

Anagrams

Khalaj

Perso-Arabic تیتین

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *tütün (smoke).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tiˈtin/

Noun

titin (definite accusative titini, plural titinlər)

  1. smoke

Declension

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
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