List of articles in "Biomolecule" category - Page 1718

Prestin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC26A5 (solute carrier anion transporter family 26 member 5) gene.Prestin is the motor protein of the outer hair cells […]

The light-harvesting (or antenna) complex of plants is an array of protein and chlorophyll molecules embedded in the thylakoid membrane which transfer light energy to one chlorophyll a molecule at […]

Avidin is a tetrameric or dimeric biotin-binding protein produced in the oviducts of birds reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs. In chicken egg white avidin […]

Calnexin (CNX) is a 67kDa integral protein (that appears variously as a 90kDa 80kDa or 75kDa band on western blotting depending on the source of the antibody) of the endoplasmic […]

Proprotein convertase 1 also known as prohormone convertase prohormone convertase 3 or neuroendocrine convertase 1 and often abbreviated as PC1/3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the […]

Hemopexin (or haemopexin; HPX) also known as beta-1B-glycoprotein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HPX gene and belongs to hemopexin family of proteins.

Sec61 is an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane protein translocator (aka translocon). It is a doughnut shaped pore through the membrane with 3 major subunits (heterotrimeric). It has a region called […]

Not to be confused with Osteocalcin Osteonectin or Osteoprotegerin (OPG).Osteopontin (OPN) also known as bone sialoprotein I (BSP-1 or BNSP) early T-lymphocyte activation (ETA-1) secreted phosphoprotein 1 (SPP1) 2ar and […]

CD23 also known as Fc epsilon RII or FcεRII is the low-affinity receptor for IgE an antibody isotype involved in allergy and resistance to parasites and is important in regulation […]

Pyruvate decarboxylase is a homotetrameric enzyme (EC 4.1.1.1) that catalyses the decarboxylation of pyruvic acid to acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide in the cytoplasm of prokaryotes and in the mitochondria of […]