villin

villin
An actin-binding protein that, at low calcium ion concentrations, nucleates polymerization of actin filaments; micromolar Ca2+ causes v. to sever actin filaments into short fragments.

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vil·lin (vilґin) an actin-binding protein, found in the intestinal epithelium and elsewhere, that severs actin filaments at high calcium concentrations and caps them at low calcium concentrations; in microvilli it crosslinks F-actin to form the microvillus core.

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