Definition of "optineurin" []

• A protein that is associated with glaucoma (noun)

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• "The endogenous optineurin exhibited a diffuse, cytoplasmic distribution, but a population of the protein was associated with the Golgi apparatus."
• "The present study provides new information regarding basic characteristics of optineurin that are important for future efforts in defining precisely how optineurin functions normally and how mutations may result in pathology."
• "When overexpressed, optineurin-green fluorescence protein (GFP) fusion protein formed punctate structures termed "foci" in the perinuclear region."