titin

T1I1T1I1N1
/ˈtaɪtɪn/

noun

A protein important in the contraction of striated muscle tissues.

Similar
connectinmethionyl­threonyl...arginyl­seryl­isoleucine
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Meanings

nountitin (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryA protein important in the contraction of striated muscle tissues.

    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.]

    2009 January 30, Armando del Rio et al., “Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding”, in Science

    Synonyms: connectin, methionyl­threonyl...arginyl­seryl­isoleucine

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA protein important in the contraction of striated muscle tissues.

Similar
connectinmethionyl­threonyl...arginyl­seryl­isoleucine

Origin

From titan + -in. From being a titanic (titan) protein (-in), a very large protein, the largest known prior to the discovery of PKZILLA.

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Translations

Bulgarian титин
  • титин (titin)protein
Catalan titin
  • titinprotein
Chinese Mandarin 肌聯蛋白 /肌联蛋白, 肌巨蛋白
  • 肌聯蛋白 /肌联蛋白 (jīlián dànbái)protein
  • 肌巨蛋白protein
Dutch titin
  • titinprotein
Esperanto titino
  • titinoprotein
Finnish titiini
  • titiiniprotein
French titine
  • titineprotein
German Titin
  • Titinprotein
Hindi टाइटिन
  • टाइटिन (ṭāiṭin)protein
Indonesian titin
  • titinprotein
Italian titino, titina
  • titinoprotein
  • titinaprotein
Japanese チチン
  • チチン (chichin)protein
Polish tityna
  • titynaprotein
Portuguese titina
  • titinaprotein
Russian титин, тайтин
  • титин (titin)protein
  • тайтин (tajtin)protein
Spanish titina
  • titinaprotein
Swahili titini
  • titiniprotein
Swedish titin
  • titinprotein

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

titin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/titin

MLA

“titin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/titin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “titin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/titin.

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