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spinophilin en · NOUN

Etymology

From spine + -o- + -phile + -in.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase-1 catalytic subunit, highly enriched in dendritic spines.
    • We have previously shown that spinophilin attenuates the α 2A AR-dependent hypotensive response; in spinophilin null mice, this response is highly potentiated. 2015 August 6, “Spinophilin Is Indispensable for the α 2B Adrenergic Receptor-Elicited Hypertensive Response”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: