elastin

protein allowing tissue in the body to resume shape after stretching
Protein protein Q409747
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elastin

Summary

elastin is a protein[1]. elastin ranks in the top 7% of protein entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (115 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • elastin's instance of is recorded as protein[3].
  • elastin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85041518[4].
  • elastin's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11946028h[5].
  • elastin's subclass of is recorded as fibrous protein[6].
  • elastin's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00562030[7].
  • elastin's UniProt protein ID is recorded as P15502[8].
  • elastin's part of is recorded as tropoelastin[9].
  • elastin's part of is recorded as elastin metabolic process[10].
  • elastin's part of is recorded as elastin biosynthetic process[11].
  • elastin's part of is recorded as elastin catabolic process[12].
  • elastin's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D004549[13].
  • elastin's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 42581[14].
  • elastin's RefSeq protein ID is recorded as NP_000492[15].
  • elastin's RefSeq protein ID is recorded as NP_001075221[16].
  • elastin's RefSeq protein ID is recorded as NP_001075222[17].
  • elastin's RefSeq protein ID is recorded as NP_001075223[18].
  • elastin's RefSeq protein ID is recorded as NP_001075224[19].
  • elastin's RefSeq protein ID is recorded as NP_001265841[20].
  • elastin's RefSeq protein ID is recorded as NP_001265842[21].
  • elastin's RefSeq protein ID is recorded as NP_001265843[22].
  • elastin's RefSeq protein ID is recorded as NP_001265844[23].
  • elastin's RefSeq protein ID is recorded as NP_001265845[24].
  • elastin's RefSeq protein ID is recorded as NP_001265846[25].
  • elastin's RefSeq protein ID is recorded as NP_001265847[26].
  • elastin's RefSeq protein ID is recorded as NP_001265868[27].

Why It Matters

elastin ranks in the top 7% of protein entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (115 views/month).[2] elastin has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] elastin is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Q905695. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . InterPro Release 71.0. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Q20641742. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). elastin. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/elastin
MLA “elastin.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/elastin.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_elastin_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{elastin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/elastin}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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