What does "aequorin" mean?

A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.

Aequorin

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Noun

1
A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Aequorea + -in

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prosthetic group

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