troponin

== English == === Etymology === From tropomyosin. Coined by the Japanese researcher Setsuro Ebashi in 1963.[1] === Noun === troponin (countable and uncountable, plural troponins) (biochemistry, medicine, cardiology) A heterotrimeric regulatory protein complex found in the thin filaments of striated muscle fibers, including both skeletal and cardiac muscle, that controls calcium-mediated muscle contraction. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== troponin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia