melanoregulin

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noun

A protein (and associated gene) that regulates the activity of melanosomes

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Meanings

nounmelanoregulin (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryA 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

From melano- + regulate + -in.

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