paragranulin

P3A1R1A1G2R1A1N1U1L1I1N1

noun

A particular peptide sequence within granulins

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Meanings

nounparagranulin (plural paragranulins)

plural paragranulins

  1. biochemistryA particular peptide sequence within granulins

    Five residues were included in the case of paragranulin, because this gave the best sequence alignment when paragranulins were compared with other N-half modules.

    2015 August 7, “The Evolution of the Secreted Regulatory Protein Progranulin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From para- + granulin.

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