In mammals, calnexin provides chaperone activity to retain incompletely glycosylated proteins in the ER, functioning as a component of the glycoprotein quality control system in the ER [ 70].
We propose that the uric acid deposits found in Symbiodinium cells by Clode et al. (2009) [11] may function as a component of eye-spots in motile stage cells.
Selenium is an essential micronutrient that functions as a component of many selenoproteins in antioxidant and redox reactions.
The co-expression analyses, both in wild type and mutants, provides compelling evidence that suggests AtPNP-A may function as a component of plant defence responses and SAR in particular.
In addition, STAT1 functions as a component of the IFN stimulated gene factor 3 (ISGF3) transcription factor complex, which also includes STAT2 and interferon regulatory factor-9 (IRF9) [ 9, 10].
The PHSkb can function as a reusable component in an architecture for intelligent public health surveillance and clinical information systems [ 23].
KAPP protein may function as a signalling component in the pathway involving the serine-threonine receptor-like kinase, RLK5 of Arabidopsis [ 24].
The ydk1-D mutant is dominant and has a short hypocotyl, a short primary root, reduced lateral root number, and reduced apical dominance, suggesting that YDK1 may function as a negative component in auxin signaling by regulating auxin activity [ 138].
VirB5 of A. tumefaciens is a minor pilus component possibly functioning as an adhesin that, in some organism, localizes to the tip of the pilus (Aly and Baron, 2007; Kwok et al., 2007; Backert et al., 2008).
And could it be that β-catenin's function as a component of the cytoskeleton, in addition to its role in WNT signalling, also plays a part in neural tube closure?
Accordingly, we propose here that these nodules form and function as a key component of adaptive homeostasis in glandular tissue to protect from further damage and to promote repair.
