coatomer

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English

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Etymology

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coat +‎ -o- +‎ -mer. Coined in a 1991 paper in Nature by Waters, Serafini & Rothman. [1]

Noun

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coatomer (plural coatomers)

  1. (biochemistry) A soluble seven-protein complex which is a precursor of coat protein I (COPI), which plays a key role in Golgi apparatus vesicle formation

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