titin

From titan +‎ -in. From being a titanic (titan) protein (-in), a very large protein, the largest known prior to the discovery of PKZILLA.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪtɪn/

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• Rhymes: -aɪtɪn

titin (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A protein important in the contraction of striated muscle tissues.
   • 2009 January 30, Armando del Rio et al., “Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding”, in Science‎^[1]:

     In order to measure the pattern of force-dependent stretching of TR, we designed a DNA construct encoding for I27 2 -T R -I27 2 [TR flanked by two molecules of the I27 (27th immunoglobular domain of human cardiac titin), which has well-characterized mechanical properties.]

• connectin
• methionyl­threonyl...arginyl­seryl­isoleucine (scientific name)

• 'ittin', Nitti, int it