Biologically Active Substance
clathrin
[ klath-rin ]
Subclass of:
Vesicular Transport Proteins
Definitions related to clathrin:
  • 3-armed structural protein which forms cagelike lattices around the cytoplasmic face of intracellular vesicular membranes, where it regulates fusion and transport events.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The main structural coat protein of COATED VESICLES which play a key role in the intracellular transport between membranous organelles. Each molecule of clathrin consists of three light chains (CLATHRIN LIGHT CHAINS) and three heavy chains (CLATHRIN HEAVY CHAINS) that form a structure called a triskelion. Clathrin also interacts with cytoskeletal proteins.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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