ADAPTOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does adaptor mean? 

• ADAPTOR (noun)
  The noun ADAPTOR has 1 sense:

1. device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible

  Familiarity information: ADAPTOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADAPTOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Device that enables something to be used in a way different from that for which it was intended or makes different pieces of apparatus compatible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

adapter; adaptor

Hypernyms ("adaptor" is a kind of...):

device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)

Derivation:

adapt (make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose)

 Context examples 

DR-3 promotes apoptosis via the adaptor proteins TRADD/FADD and the activation of caspase 8.

(DR3 and DR4/5 Mediated Apoptosis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Next, the crosslinks are broken, the proteins are removed and the purified DNA is modified with adaptor oligonucleotides to facilitate massively parallel DNA sequencing.

(ChIP-Seq, NCI Thesaurus)

CD3-zeta (or CD247) is a transmembrane signaling adaptor polypeptide that regulates the assembly of complete T-cell receptor complexes and their expression on the cell surface.

(CD19CAR-CD3zeta-expressing Autologous T lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

Paxillin acts as an adaptor protein between proteins involved in adhesion signaling like FAK and src and cytoskeletal elements.

(Cell to Cell Adhesion Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This protein plays a role in the docking of kinases and adaptor molecules that are involved in integrin-mediated signaling pathways.

(Enhancer of Filamentation 1, NCI Thesaurus)

Acts as an adaptor protein, interacting with FAS or TNFR-2.

(Fas-Associated Via Death Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

First, a genomic DNA sample is amplified using adaptor oligonucleotides in which every cytosine is methylated.

(MethylC-Seq, NCI Thesaurus)

F-box proteins act as adaptor components of the modular E3 ubiquitin ligase SCF complex that functions in phosphorylation mediated ubiquitination.

(F-Box Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

ERBB2 interacting protein; acts as an adaptor for the receptor ERBB2/HER2, which may assist in their localization and signalling function; has a PDZ domain and sixteen leucine-rich repeats (LRRs)

(ERBB2 Interacting Protein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

These include the adaptors Crk, Nck, the phospholipase C gamma (PLCgamma), the intracellular tyrosine kinase Src, or the Cbl E3 ubiquitin protein ligase.

(ERBB Family Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)