melanoregulin

English

Etymology

melano- +‎ regulate +‎ -in

Noun

melanoregulin (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A protein (and associated gene) that regulates the activity of melanosomes
   • 2015 September 26, “SNAREs Interact with Retinal Degeneration Slow and Rod Outer Segment Membrane Protein-1 during Conventional and Unconventional Outer Segment Targeting”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Two known binding partners of RDS fall into this category, calmodulin and melanoregulin, both of which are thought to regulate the fusogenic capability of RDS.