phasinとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

phasin (複数形 phasins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of surface proteins associated with bacterial granules
   • 2015 July 29, Adrian Gerber et al., “Functionalized PHB granules provide the basis for the efficient side-chain cleavage of cholesterol and analogs in recombinant Bacillus megaterium”, in Microbial Cell Factories^[1], volume 14, DOI:10.1186/s12934-015-0300-y:

     We repeated the localization experiment overexpressing B. megaterium ’s chromosomally encoded phasin phaP, a natural main constituent of the PHB granules’ monolayer responsible for size regulation, to assess whether the aggregation of CYP11A1eGFP is an artificial effect due to the protein’s heterologous nature.