A protein fragment produced during the breakdown of myosin (a muscle protein), representing an intermediate stage in protein digestion.
From deutero- (second) + myosinose, combining myosin with '-ose'. This specialized biochemical term catalogs products of muscle protein breakdown.
Myosin is the protein that makes muscles contract—it's what gives meat its chewy texture—and when your stomach acid and enzymes break it down, this word names one of the intermediate fragments.
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