Meanings
nountroponin (countable and uncountable, plural troponins)
plural troponins
- countableuncountablebiochemistryA 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.
Origin
From tropomyosin. Coined by the Japanese researcher Setsuro Ebashi in 1963.http://jb.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol59/issue4/index.dtl
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan troponina
- troponinaregulatory protein of skeletal and cardiac muscle
Chinese Mandarin 肌鈣蛋白 /肌钙蛋白
- 肌鈣蛋白 /肌钙蛋白 (jīgàidànbái)regulatory protein of skeletal and cardiac muscle
Finnish troponiini
- troponiiniregulatory protein of skeletal and cardiac muscle
French troponine
- troponineregulatory protein of skeletal and cardiac muscle
Greek τροπονίνη
- τροπονίνη (troponíni)regulatory protein of skeletal and cardiac muscle
Italian troponina
- troponinaregulatory protein of skeletal and cardiac muscle
Russian тропонин
- тропонин (troponin)regulatory protein of skeletal and cardiac muscle
Spanish troponina
- troponinaregulatory protein of skeletal and cardiac muscle
Turkish troponin
- troponinregulatory protein of skeletal and cardiac muscle
Cite this entry
APA
troponin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troponin
MLA
“troponin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troponin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “troponin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troponin.
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