metavinculin

Etymology

From meta- + vinculin.

metavinculin means A splice variant of the protein vinculin, found in smooth muscle and skeletal muscle. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

A splice variant of the protein vinculin, found in smooth muscle and skeletal muscle.“About half of the genes encode sarcomeric proteins including α-cardiac actin, myosin heavy chain, troponin, tropomyosin, metavinculin, α-actinin and therefore overlap with those in HCM.”