Actinin is a microfilament protein. α-Actinin is necessary for the attachment of actin filaments to the Z-lines in skeletal muscle cells, and to the dense bodies in smooth muscle cells. The functional protein is an anti-parallel dimer, which cross-links the thin filaments in adjacent sarcomeres, and therefore coordinated contractions between sarc...
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<chemical> A protein factor that regulates the length of r-actin. It is chemically similar, but immunochemically distinguishable from actin. ... Chemical name: Actinins, alpha- ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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a contractile protein of muscle.
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