Myosin

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-004290",
  "term": "Myosin",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A diverse superfamily of proteins that function as translocating proteins. They share the common characteristics of being able to bind actins and hydrolyze MgATP. Myosins generally consist of heavy chains which are involved in locomotion, and light chains which are involved in regulation.",
  "synonyms": [
    "actin-activated ATPase",
    "actomyosin ATPase",
    "actomyosin adenosinetriphosphatase",
    "alpha-myosin",
    "myosin ATPase",
    "myosin adenosinetriphosphatase",
    "myosins"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "molecular motor proteins",
    "microfilament proteins",
    "contractile proteins",
    "heavy meromyosin",
    "myosin light chains",
    "myosin heavy chains"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "miosina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/myosin/"
}