calflagin

C3A1L1F4L1A1G2I1N1

noun

A flagellar calcium-binding protein.

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Meanings

nouncalflagin (plural calflagins)

plural calflagins

  1. A flagellar calcium-binding protein.

    Analysis of the amino-terminal composition of available AK3 sequences revealed striking common features (Fig 2): the occurrence of a glycine in position 2 and the presence of 5 lysine residues, exactly as in FCaBP and in all 3 calflagins.

    2015 July 29, “The Flagellar Arginine Kinase in Trypanosoma brucei Is Important for Infection in Tsetse Flies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From calcium, flagellar, -in.

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