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phosducin

phosducin noun: a phosphoprotein found in the rod cells in the retina that modulates the phototransduction cascade by interacting with the beta and gamma subunits of the retinal G-protein transducin.

Noun

phosducin (countable and uncountable, plural phosducins)

  1. A phosphoprotein found in the rod cells in the retina that modulates the phototransduction cascade by interacting with the beta and gamma subunits of the retinal G-protein transducin.
  2. The gene that encodes this protein.

Forms of phosducin

pluralphosducins

Questions about phosducin

What does phosducin mean?
Phosducin means a phosphoprotein found in the rod cells in the retina that modulates the phototransduction cascade by interacting with the beta and gamma subunits of the retinal G-protein transducin.
What part of speech is phosducin?
Phosducin is a noun.
What is the plural of phosducin?
The plural of phosducin is phosducins.

Words near phosducin in the dictionary

  1. phos
  2. phosacetim
  3. phosalone
  4. phoscorite
  5. phosdiphen
  6. phosducin
  7. phosducins
  8. phosgenated
  9. phosgenation
  10. phosgenations
  11. phosgene

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