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1183713 No.1183713 [Reply] [Original]

Sup /sci/, let's have a little debate that isn't religion based for once.

Pic is a protein called SHH. That stands for Sonic Hedgehog Homolog. You're probably thinking, "Wait, what? Sonic Hedgehog? Did they not know of the games or something? Did they name it before they came out?" Well, they named the protein after Sonic. There is also a thing that can disrupt it's job called Robotnikinin.

Now, here's the thing. SHH is an important protein, directing what parts of the body become what. When it malfunctions, you get shit like two-faced animals. It can also have other bad things happen as a result. I'm not too sure on what, it's all very fucking complicated.

The debate I want to have is on the name. It's a whimsical name given to a very important protein. How would you like it if you were told something bad happened to your body as a result of a protein called Sonic hedgehog messed up? I'd feel pretty insulted that an important and life-changing protein is named something so stupid.

What say you, /sci/?

>> No.1183722

>>1183713
i say i would be alright with being defeated by a superhero

>> No.1183720

Bump.

Also, yes, I'm the guy who made that thread about knowledge sharing. I get the feeling someone would recognize my writing style.

>> No.1183733

>>1183722
This.

>> No.1183736

There should be a Hitler virus.

>> No.1183741

Sonic would never lose to robotnik so I wouldn't have to worry about it.

>> No.1183753

Robotnikinin is an awesome name.

>> No.1183764

Bump you niggers.

I try to make interesting threads and they fail.

Maybe I should have had a religious picture instead.

>> No.1183819

Interesting, thanks for pointing it out OP.
Whoever give it its name is an idiot, I hope the name gets changed.

>> No.1183827

>>1183713

It's perfectly acceptable to name things like this, I think the researchers who discovered it are entitled to a bit of whimsy after the countless, gruelling hours they had to work in the lab before they could isolate and characterise it.

It's just a name.

>> No.1183834

Sometimes scientists get bored. I've heard of Fartox, Gingerol, CuNT (copper nanotubes)...

>> No.1183848

If it makes it easier to remember the absurd number of proteins then I don't see a problem. Anyone that gets butthurt about their disease having a silly name deserves to have two faces or something.

>> No.1183857

>>1183713
I'd be alright with it as long as the mutation gave me two Tails which I could use to fly like a helicopter.

>> No.1183864

Any dude who knows this shit here? I'm really interested now, and OP does a shit job at explaining.

>> No.1183884

The person who discovers the protein gets to name it, and the hedgehog protein was named after a fruit fly that lacked the protein, which kind of looked like a hedgehog. So some grad student finds a protein related to hedgehog and gets to name it, so he picks sonic hedgehog and it is named that forever.

>> No.1183924

it's better than [protein class] p[weight in obscure measurements]

cytochrome p54 comes to mind

>> No.1183984

when they named all the Drosophila genes, they named them after their knockout mutations. So all of the genes to the exact opposite of their name. flightless gene activates for flight.

Sex linked lethal determines what gender the fly is. Turns out if you destroy that gene, the fly dies. Great to know the "sex determinating gene" will be forever known as the lethal sexually linked gene

>> No.1183997

>>1183924

Let's not forget p53, the most important tumor-supressor gene.

I hate that kind of thing, it was a bitch to study for Immunology just because of the hundreds of CD's and IL's.

>> No.1184023

to be honest patients wouldn't be told "your body isn't producing enough sonic hedgehog, so you'll die, but those games are awesome right?". they'd be told something akin to "you have NAME's syndrome, and you'll die". i don't really see a need to invent a problem to feel upset about here.

>> No.1184150

>>1183713

I'd feel lucky that a scientist took the time to research my condition and wouldn't care what he called the protein.

>> No.1184167

there is a Raichu RAS protein, it makes learning various proteins a lot easier imo

>> No.1184208

>>1184167

Also, Pikachurin, thus named because of "Pikachu's lightning-fast moves and shocking electric effects". It plays a role in ribbon synapses.

>> No.1184226

>>1183924
This.
A name is a name. Something utterly stupid and ridiculous as this name makes it that much easier to remember. The abbreviation "SHH" sounds fine.

>> No.1184229

scientists can have a sense of humour too you know, other examples are the compound arsole and constipatic acid. get over it. ttbf, they'd call the protein SHH in the first place to you, hoping you;d accept it, and even if i did find out, i'd probably lol at the name as i do now, then wonder why it was named that and try to find out why.

Pikachurin is pretty funny too.

>> No.1184323

i think there should be some type of rule regarding naming conventions. look up "RING zinc finger" for another lame example.

>> No.1186414

good luck !
take your time you won't die in a few days..so prepare your self!

>> No.1186444
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1186444

>There is also a thing that can disrupt it's job called Robotnikinin.

>> No.1186448

I'm a chemist, so I'll bite.

There's an inhibitor called cyclopamine or something - if a pregnant woman eats it, the baby becomes cyclops, or close to it, ie....eyes super close together or somesuch. It's found in some grasssy mold or something. Cool shit.