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What does ubiquitin mean?

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Noun
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of small protein, or polypeptide, present in the cells of all eukaryotes, that play a part in modifying and degrading proteins.
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The scientists will now focus on better understanding the precise mechanism by which ubiquitin and the proteasome regulate viral budding and maturation.
The protein is linked to a second protein, ubiquitin, when the cell detects that DNA damage has occurred.
Ubiquitin is a 7.6kDa protein that is covalently attached to proteins targeted for degradation by ubiquitin ligases.
Use of the protein UK114, possibly in combination with ubiquitin, for the preparation of pharmaceutical or veterinary compositions for the treatment of leishmaniasis in humans and animals.
Ubiquitination is an essential biochemical process which occurs in all cells of our body and consists of the attachment of a small protein called ubiquitin to various cellular proteins.
Comparison of simulations of the unfolding processes of protein L and ubiquitin suggests that these proteins unfold by a similar structural mechanism.

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