centaurin

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Noun

centaurin (plural centaurins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a specific group of neuronal scaffold proteins
   • 2015 July 1, Youhei Egami et al., “Activation-Inactivation Cycling of Rab35 and ARF6 Is Required for Phagocytosis of Zymosan in RAW264 Macrophages”, in Journal of Immunology Research‎^[1], volume 2015, →DOI:

     Importantly, ACAP2 (also known as centaurin β 2) is recruited to the plasma membrane in a Rab35-dependent manner and functions as a GTPase activating protein (GAP) for ADP-ribosylation factor 6 (ARF6).

Anagrams

• N Centauri, encurtain, runcinate, uncertain