Amelogenin is the name for a series of closely related proteins involved in amelogenesis the development of enamel. They are a type of extracellular matrix (ECM) protein which together with […]
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CD4
In molecular biology CD4 (cluster of differentiation 4) is a glycoprotein found on the surface of immune cells such as T helper cells monocytes macrophages and dendritic cells. It was […]
Phycocyanin
Phycocyanin is a pigment-protein complex from the light-harvesting phycobiliprotein family along with allophycocyanin and phycoerythrin. It is an accessory pigment to chlorophyll. All phycobiliproteins are water-soluble so they cannot exist […]
Lingual lipase
Lingual lipase is a member of a family of digestive enzymes called lipases EC 3.1.1.3 that use the catalytic triad of aspartate histidine and serine to hydrolyze long-chain triglycerides into […]
Pyruvate dehydrogenase lipoamide kinase isozyme 1
Pyruvate dehydrogenase lipoamide kinase isozyme 1 mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PDK1 gene. It codes for an isozyme of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase (PDK).Pyruvate dehydrogenase […]
Ryanodine receptor
Ryanodine receptors (RyRs) form a class of intracellular calcium channels in various forms of excitable animal tissue like muscles and neurons. It is the major cellular mediator of calcium-induced calcium […]
Dopamine transporter
The dopamine transporter (also dopamine active transporter DAT SLC6A3) is a membrane-spanning protein that pumps the neurotransmitter dopamine out of the synapse back into cytosol from which other transporters sequester […]
Motilin
Motilin is a 22-amino acid polypeptide hormone in the motilin family that in humans is encoded by the MLN gene.Motilin is secreted by endocrine M cells (these are not the […]
Protamine
Protamines are small arginine-rich nuclear proteins that replace histones late in the haploid phase of spermatogenesis and are believed essential for sperm head condensation and DNA stabilization. They may allow […]
Tyrosinase
In molecular biology tyrosinase refers to an oxidase which is the rate-limiting enzyme for controlling the production of melanin. It is mainly involved in two distinct reactions of melanin synthesis; […]