Meanings
nounzyxin (plural zyxins)
plural zyxins
- biochemistryA certain zinc-binding phosphoprotein, or the gene which produces it
Human zyxin is a 572 amino acid protein; sequence analysis suggests that its biochemical properties are similar to those of avian zyxin.
1999, Beth E. Drees, Mary C. Beckerle, “Zyxin”, in Thomas Kreis, Ronald Vale, editors, Guidebook to the Extracellular Matrix, Anchor, and Adhesion Proteins, →ISBN, page 96
Origin
From the gene name ZYX, + -in.
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