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Transmembrane vs Synaptotagmin - What's the difference?

transmembrane | synaptotagmin |

In biology|lang=en terms the difference between transmembrane and synaptotagmin

is that transmembrane is (biology) traversing a cellular membrane while synaptotagmin is (biology) any of a family of membrane-trafficking proteins characterised by an n-terminal transmembrane region, a variable linker, and two c-terminal c2 domains (c2a and c2b).

As nouns the difference between transmembrane and synaptotagmin

is that transmembrane is (cytology) a transmembrane protein, or the transmembrane portion of a protein while synaptotagmin is (biology) any of a family of membrane-trafficking proteins characterised by an n-terminal transmembrane region, a variable linker, and two c-terminal c2 domains (c2a and c2b).

As an adjective transmembrane

is (biology) traversing a cellular membrane.

transmembrane

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (biology) traversing a cellular membrane
  • of or pertaining to a transmembrane protein or segment

    • Derived terms

    *transmembranous

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cytology) a transmembrane protein, or the transmembrane portion of a protein

    • See also

    *(Transmembrane protein)

    synaptotagmin

    English

    (wikipedia synaptotagmin)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) Any of a family of membrane-trafficking proteins characterised by an N-terminal transmembrane region, a variable linker, and two C-terminal C2 domains (C2A and C2B).