synuclein

English

Noun

synuclein (countable and uncountable, plural synucleins)

1. A small, soluble protein primarily expressed in neural tissue and in certain tumors.
   • 2016 December 3, Clare Wilson, “Parkinson’s: we’re looking in the wrong place”, in New Scientist‎^[1], number 3102, archived from the original on 19 May 2017, page 8:

     One of the hallmarks of the condition is deposits of insoluble fibres of a substance called synuclein. Normally found as small soluble molecules in healthy nerve cells, in people with Parkinson’s, something causes the synuclein molecules to warp into a different shape, making them clump together as fibres.

Hyponyms

• alpha-synuclein
• beta-synuclein
• gamma-synuclein

Related terms

• synucleopathy