Kinesin
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Kinesin is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that convert chemical into mechanical energy and power the movement of vesicles and organelles along microtubules.
Meaning
(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that convert chemical into mechanical energy and power the movement of vesicles and organelles along microtubules.
Word Forms
- kinesins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include motor, mechanoenzyme, chromokinesin, kinetid, dynein, myosin.
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