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NNadir

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7. Here's the Uniprot reference.

Sat Nov 19, 2022, 02:45 PM

Nov 2022

Q71RS6 · NCKX5_HUMAN

I'm not sure if it lists both isoforms, the ancestral gene or the mutation that makes people white. I have some references somewhere in my files, but I don't have time to find them. As I recall, melanin synthesis proceeds through polymerization of indole derived from tryptophan, but don't quote me on that, I'm working on memory.

Uniprot doesn't seem to list the mutation making people white as a genetic disease, but it does raise the risk of melanoma. In this sense, black skin has a protective effect.

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Science apologizes. [View all] NNadir Nov 2022 OP

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I don't think anyone had to pay Shockley to hold and promote these views. He was apparently... NNadir Nov 2022 #3

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it was your 2nd quote i was reacting to. mopinko Nov 2022 #9

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Science (the activity & publication) admits error. In fact, true scientists seek error Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2022 #4

Do you have a link handy to NCKX5 work? If not 4dog Nov 2022 #6

Here's the Uniprot reference. NNadir Nov 2022 #7

Thanks, was not familiar with this resource 4dog Nov 2022 #10

Try this: NNadir Nov 2022 #11

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