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melanoregulin

melanoregulin noun: a protein (and associated gene) that regulates the activity of melanosomes.

Noun

melanoregulin (uncountable)

  1. A protein (and associated gene) that regulates the activity of melanosomes
    • Two known binding partners of RDS fall into this category, calmodulin and melanoregulin, both of which are thought to regulate the fusogenic capability of RDS.2015 September 26, “SNAREs Interact with Retinal Degeneration Slow and Rod Outer Segment Membrane Protein-1 during Conventional and Unconventional Outer Segment Targeting”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of melanoregulin

From melano- + regulate + -in.

Questions about melanoregulin

What does melanoregulin mean?
Melanoregulin means a protein (and associated gene) that regulates the activity of melanosomes.
What part of speech is melanoregulin?
Melanoregulin is a noun.

Words near melanoregulin in the dictionary

  1. melanopsids
  2. melanopsin
  3. melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cell
  4. melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cells
  5. melanopsins
  6. melanoregulin
  7. melanorite
  8. melanorites
  9. melanorosaurid
  10. melanorosaurids
  11. melanosarcoma

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