ELASTIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does elastin mean? 

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

1. a fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELASTIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A fibrous scleroprotein found in elastic tissues such as the walls of arteries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

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

albuminoid; scleroprotein (a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye)

Holonyms ("elastin" is a substance of...):

elastic tissue (connective tissue consisting chiefly of elastic fibers found in the dermis of the skin and in the walls of veins and arteries and in some tendons and ligaments)

 Context examples 

This protein may play a role in elastin deposition.

(Elastin Microfibril Interfacer 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is nonmotile, catalase and urease positive, reduces nitrate, hydrolyzes esculin, hypoxanthine, and xanthine, but not casein, elastin, testosterone, or tyrosine.

(Nocardia otitidiscaviarum, NCI Thesaurus)

Cathepsin K, a tissue-specific cysteine protease that catalyzes degradation of bone matrix proteins such as collagen I/II, elastin, and osteonectin plays an important role in osteoclast function and bone resorption.

(Odanacatib, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes elastin protein, plays a role in the regulation of the structure of the extracellular matrix.

(ELN wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A filamentous extracellular structure that is rich in the glycoprotein, fibrillin-1, and found in connective tissues where it can act as a scaffold for elastin.

(Fibrillin Microfibrils, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene may play a role in cellular adhesion and elastin deposition; however, a specific function has not been identified.

(EMILIN1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Elastin (786 aa, ~68 kDa) is encoded by the human ELN gene.

(Elastin, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes protein-lysine 6-oxidase protein, is involved in initiating the cross-linking of collagens and elastin.

(LOX wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the regulation of crosslinking in collagens and elastin.

(Lysyl Oxidase Homolog 2, NCI Thesaurus)

However, creating the elastin outside the body proved to be a challenge.

(Biomaterial Artificial Protein Helps Heal Tissue, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)