cytosol

biology

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cardiac muscle

  • striated muscle; human biceps muscle
    In muscle: Excitation/contraction coupling

    …free calcium ions in the cytosol are removed by an energy-dependent calcium uptake system involving calcium ion pumps located in the longitudinal sarcoplasmic reticulum. These calcium pumps lower the concentration of free calcium in the cytosol, resulting in the dissociation (release) of calcium from the troponin-tropomyosin system. The troponin-tropomyosin system…

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cells

  • animal cell and plant cell
    In cytoplasm

    …support to the cell; and cytosol, the fluid mass that surrounds the various organelles.

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  • animal cell
    In cell: The nature and function of cells

    …in the cytoplasm called the cytosol. The cytosol contains an organized framework of fibrous molecules that constitute the cytoskeleton, which gives a cell its shape, enables organelles to move within the cell, and provides a mechanism by which the cell itself can move. The cytosol also contains more than 10,000…

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  • animal cell
    In cell: Intracellular communication

    …on ribosomes located in the cytosol. As soon as the first portion of the amino acid sequence of a protein emerges from the ribosome, it is inspected for the presence of a short “endoplasmic reticulum (ER) signal sequence.” Those ribosomes making proteins with such a sequence are transported to the…

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