Troponin C is a part of the troponin complex. It binds to calcium ions to produce movement.
Additional recommended knowledge
The tissue specific subtypes are:
See also
Histology: muscle tissue |
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skeletal muscle/general | epimysium, fascicle, perimysium, endomysium, muscle fiber (intrafusal, extrafusal), myofibril
sarcomere (a, i, and h bands; z and m lines), myofilaments (thin filament/actin, thick filament/myosin, elastic filament/titin, nebulin), tropomyosin, troponin (T, C, I)
costamere (dystrophin, α,β-dystrobrevin, syncoilin, synemin/desmuslin, dysbindin, sarcoglycan, dystroglycan, sarcospan), desmin
neuromuscular junction, motor unit, muscle spindle, excitation-contraction coupling, sliding filament mechanism
myoblast, satellite cell, sarcoplasm, sarcolemma, sarcoplasmic reticulum, T-tubule |
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cardiac muscle | myocardium, intercalated disc, nebulette |
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smooth muscle | calmodulin, vascular smooth muscle |
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Proteins of the cytoskeleton |
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Microfilaments | Actins - Actin-binding proteins - Actinin - Arp2/3 complex - Cofilin - Destrin - Gelsolin - Myosins - Profilin - Tropomodulin - Troponin (T, C, I) - Tropomyosin - Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein |
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Intermediate filaments | type 1 and 2 (Cytokeratin, type I, type II) - type 3 (Desmin, GFAP, Peripherin, Vimentin) - type 4 (Internexin, Nestin, Neurofilament, Synemin, Syncoilin) - type 5 (Lamin A, B) |
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Microtubules | Dyneins - Kinesins - MAPs (Tau protein, Dynamin) - Tubulins - Stathmin - Tektin |
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Catenins | Alpha catenin - Beta catenin - Plakoglobin (gamma catenin) - Delta catenin |
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Nonhuman | Major sperm proteins - Prokaryotic cytoskeleton (Crescentin, FtsZ, MreB) |
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Other | APC - Dystrophin (Dystroglycan) - plakin (Desmoplakin, Plectin) - Spectrin - Talin - Utrophin - Vinculin |
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