Term Details for "smooth muscle contraction" (GO:0006939) (original) (raw)

Accession

GO:0006939

Name

smooth muscle contraction

Ontology

biological_process

Synonyms

visceral muscle contraction

Alternate IDs

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Definition

A process in which force is generated within smooth muscle tissue, resulting in a change in muscle geometry. Force generation involves a chemo-mechanical energy conversion step that is carried out by the actin/myosin complex activity, which generates force through ATP hydrolysis. Smooth muscle differs from striated muscle in the much higher actin/myosin ratio, the absence of conspicuous sarcomeres and the ability to contract to a much smaller fraction of its resting length.Source: GOC:mtg_muscle,ISBN:0198506732,GOC:jl,GOC:ef

Comment

None

History

See term history for GO:0006939 at QuickGO

Chem. react.

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Subset

None

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