junctophilin

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noun

Any of a class of proteins associated with junctional complexes.

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Meanings

nounjunctophilin (plural junctophilins)

plural junctophilins

  1. Any of a class of proteins associated with junctional complexes.
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    SMCs were also found to express four junctophilin isoforms (Jph1-4), of which Jph2 was the most highly expressed in the SMCs. Ryr2 encodes a Ca 2+ induced Ca 2+ release channel, which is localized to the junctional membrane complex between the plasma membrane and endoplasmic/sarcoplasmic reticulum, and the JPH2 protein is an essential component of the junctional complex.

    2015 August 5, “Smooth Muscle Cell Genome Browser: Enabling the Identification of Novel Serum Response Factor Target Genes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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