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dockerin

dockerin noun: any of a class of proteins that interact with cohesin.

Noun

dockerin (plural dockerins)

  1. Any of a class of proteins that interact with cohesin
    • Interacting protein components (enzymes bearing a dockerin and scaffoldin or cohesin) were mixed at a final concentration of 10 µM at room temperature in 20 mM Tris-maleate pH 6.0, 1 mM CaCl 2, and 4 µL were subjected to native PAGE (4–15% gradient) using a Phastsystem apparatus (GE Healthcare).2015 August 13, Julie Ravachol et al., “Combining free and aggregated cellulolytic systems in the cellulosome-producing bacterium Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels...

Forms of dockerin

pluraldockerins

Origin of dockerin

From docker + -in, because of its "docking" function.

Questions about dockerin

What does dockerin mean?
Dockerin means any of a class of proteins that interact with cohesin.
What part of speech is dockerin?
Dockerin is a noun.
What is the plural of dockerin?
The plural of dockerin is dockerins.

Words near dockerin in the dictionary

  1. Dockendorfs
  2. Dockens
  3. docker
  4. docker hole
  5. docker holes
  6. dockerin
  7. dockerins
  8. dockerize
  9. dockerized
  10. dockers
  11. Dockers Plains

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