English Explanatory Dictionary

perilipin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a family of proteins that associate with the surface of lipid droplets, and whose phosphorylation is essential for the mobilization of fats in adipose tissue.

Word forms

perilipin perilipins

Etymology

From peri- + lipo- + -in.

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