syntaphilin

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syntaphilin (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) An axonal mitochondrial protein that disrupts synapse activity
    • 2015 June 29, Fabian A. Cabezas-Opazo et al., “Mitochondrial Dysfunction Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity‎[1], volume 2015, →DOI:
      Recently syntaphilin (SNPH) was identified, a protein that produces the docking/retaining of mitochondria in axons [ 74, 75 ].
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