titin

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪtɪn/

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• Rhymes: -aɪtɪn

Noun

titin (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A protein important in the contraction of striated muscle tissues.
   • 2009 January 30, Armando del Rio et al., “Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding”, in Science‎^[1]:

     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)

Derived terms

• TTN (gene encoding titin)

 

Translations

protein

• Catalan: titin (ca)
• Dutch: titin
• Esperanto: titino
• Finnish: titiini
• French: titine (fr) f
• German: Titin n
• Hindi: टाइटिन (ṭāiṭin)
• Italian: titino m, titina (it) f
• Japanese: チチン (chichin)
• Polish: tityna f
• Portuguese: titina f pl
• Russian: титин (ru) (titin), тайтин (tajtin)
• Spanish: titina f
• Swahili: titini
• Swedish: titin (sv)

Anagrams

• 'ittin', Nitti, int it