English Explanatory Dictionary

phosducin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phosphoprotein found in the rod cells in the retina that modulates the phototransduction cascade by interacting with the beta and gamma subunits of the retinal G-protein transducin.
  2. The gene that encodes this protein.

Word forms

phosducin phosducins
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