A filament - A filament

Japanese: A フィラメント - えーふぃらめんと
A filament - A filament

…One of the proteins that make up muscle. About 60% of the proteins that make up the myofibrils in muscle fibers are myosin, and in vertebrate skeletal muscles they form myosin filaments (called A filaments) that are about 1.5 μ in length and about 150 Å in thickness. Myosin has a molecular weight of about 500,000 and consists of a rod-shaped part about 1500 Å in length and two heads, and has the property of automatically assembling to form myosin filaments under appropriate conditions. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "A filament" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…筋肉を構成するタンパク質の一つ。筋繊維に含まれる筋原繊維を構成するタンパク質の約60%がミオシンであり,脊椎動物の骨格筋では長さ約1.5μ,太さ約150Åのミオシンフィラメント(これをAフィラメントという)を形成している。ミオシンは分子量約50万で,長さ約1500Åの棒状の部分と2個の頭部からなり,適当な条件下で自動的に集合してミオシンフィラメントを形成する性質がある。…

※「A フィラメント」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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