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tetraspanin
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tetraspaninnoun
A tetraspan.
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Tetraspanin
Tetraspanins are a family of membrane proteins found in all multicellular eukaryotes. Tetraspanins, also called tetraspans or the transmembrane 4 superfamily, have four transmembrane domains, intracellular N- and C-termini and two extracellular domains, one short and one longer, typically 100 amino acid residues. Although several protein families have four transmembrane domains, tetraspanins are defined by conserved domains listed in the Protein Families database under pfam00335.12. The key features are four or more cysteine residues in the EC2 domain, with two in a highly conserved 'CCG' motif. Research into this field is relatively recent and therefore there is much to learn about the function of specific tetraspanins. Generally, tetraspanins are often thought to act as scaffolding proteins, anchoring multiple proteins to one area of the cell membrane. Tetraspanins are highly conserved between species. Some tetraspanins can have N-linked glycosylations on the long extracellular loop and palmitoylations at a CXXC motif in their transmembrane region.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tetraspanin in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tetraspanin in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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