abductin

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Etymology[edit]

Coined by Robert E. Kelly and Robert V. Rice in 1967, from abductor +‎ -in.[1]

Noun[edit]

abductin (plural abductins)

  1. (biochemistry) An insoluble elastic protein found in the hinge ligament of bivalve mollusks.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Robert E Kelly, Robert V Rice (1967) “Abductin: a rubber-like protein from the internal triangular hinge ligament of Pecten”, in Science‎[1], volume 155, number 3759, American Association for the Advancement of Science, →DOI, →ISSN, page 210:
    These results indicate that the ITHL of Pecten is composed primarily of a rubber-like protein distinct from other known elastic proteins, and we propose the name abductin for this insoluble rubber-like protein. The name seems appropriate since the protein functions as the abductor of the valves of the scallop.
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