What is "calnexin"

n. (context protein English) An chaperone protein of the endoplasmic reticulum

Calnexin (CNX) is a 67kDa integral protein (that appears variously as a 90kDa, 80kDa or 75kDa band on western blotting depending on the source of the antibody) of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). It consists of a large (50 kDa) N-terminal calcium- binding lumenal domain, a single transmembrane helix and a short (90 residues), acidic cytoplasmic tail.