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Clathrin vs Adaptin - What's the difference?

clathrin | adaptin |

In protein|lang=en terms the difference between clathrin and adaptin

is that clathrin is (protein) a fibrous protein that forms a polyhedral coat on the surface of the coated pits and vesicles of cells during endocytosis while adaptin is (protein) any of a class of proteins that interact with membrane-bound receptors to assemble clathrin-coated vesicles.

As nouns the difference between clathrin and adaptin

is that clathrin is (protein) a fibrous protein that forms a polyhedral coat on the surface of the coated pits and vesicles of cells during endocytosis while adaptin is (protein) any of a class of proteins that interact with membrane-bound receptors to assemble clathrin-coated vesicles.

clathrin

English

Noun

(wikipedia clathrin)
  • (protein) A fibrous protein that forms a polyhedral coat on the surface of the coated pits and vesicles of cells during endocytosis

    • adaptin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia adaptin) (en noun)
  • (protein) Any of a class of proteins that interact with membrane-bound receptors to assemble clathrin-coated vesicles