noun
- a protein found in muscle fibers that works with actin to produce muscle contraction
Usage: biochemistry
Examples
- Myosin and actin are the two main proteins responsible for muscle movement.
- The myosin heads bind to actin filaments during muscle contraction.
- Researchers studied how myosin motors convert chemical energy into mechanical work.
- Defects in myosin can lead to various muscle disorders.
- The sliding filament theory explains how myosin and actin interact.
- Myosin is essential for both skeletal and cardiac muscle function.