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Definition of medical terminology for F-Actin.
Filamentous proteins that are the main constituent of the thin filaments of muscle fibers.
The filaments (known also as filamentous or F-actin) can be dissociated into their globular subunits; each subunit is composed of a single polypeptide 375 amino acids long.
This is known as globular or G-actin. In conjunction with MYOSINS, actin is responsible for the contraction and relaxation of muscle.

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