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myosin light chains

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-004292

The smaller subunits of myosins that bind near the head groups of myosin heavy chains. The myosin light chains have a molecular weight of about 20 KDa and there are usually one essential and one regulatory pair of light chains associated with each heavy chain.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-004292
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsmyosin alkali light chains; myosin essential light chains; myosin regulatory light chains
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2012; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsocalcium-binding proteins; myosin; protein subunits
TranslationsSpanish: cadenas ligeras de miosina
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004292",
  "term": "myosin light chains",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The smaller subunits of myosins that bind near the head groups of myosin heavy chains. The myosin light chains have a molecular weight of about 20 KDa and there are usually one essential and one regulatory pair of light chains associated with each heavy chain.",
  "synonyms": [
    "myosin alkali light chains",
    "myosin essential light chains",
    "myosin regulatory light chains"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "calcium-binding proteins",
    "myosin",
    "protein subunits"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "cadenas ligeras de miosina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/myosin-light-chains/"
}

Record 4,292 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.