subunit
IPA: sʌbˈunʌt
noun
- Any subdivision of a larger unit.
- (biochemistry) A protein subunit.
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Examples of "subunit" in Sentences
- The alpha subunit, which is the largest, can bind GTP.
- Some seconds later the GTP, bound to the alpha-subunit, is hydrolysed to GDP.
- Since the gamma subunit is asymmetrical it compels the beta subunits to undergo structural changes.
- The core enzyme consists of a 65 kDa scaffolding protein known as A subunit tethering a 36 kDa catalytic C subunit
- We identified a hinge region, referred to as the subunit rotation motif (SRM), is responsible for transition between different RadA polymers.
- The alpha and beta subunits in the F1 part, however, cannot rotate because they are locked in a fixed position by the b subunit, which is anchored to subunit a in the membrane.
- HIFs are heterodimeric transcription factors, meaning that they consist of two subunits: an oxygen-sensitive α − subunit, which is the fundamental to the EPO mechanism, and a β − subunit.
- Interestingly, most of the ribosomal proteins found in our study belong to the small, 40S ribosomal subunit, which is known to associate with another multiprotein factor that we have identified, the cap-binding complex eIF4F
- The gamma subunit is placed as an asymmetrical axle in the cylinder formed by the three alpha and the three beta subunits and has unique contacts with the beta units and forces their active surfaces to assume different three-dimensional structures.
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