Organic Chemical
protein subunit
pro·tein sub·u·nit
Subclass of:
Proteins
Definitions related to protein subunits:
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A polypeptide chain that associates with itself or at least one other chain to form a functional protein or protein complex.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Single chains of amino acids that are the units of multimeric PROTEINS. Multimeric proteins can be composed of identical or non-identical subunits. One or more monomeric subunits may compose a protomer which itself is a subunit structure of a larger assembly.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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