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prodomains

prodomains is the plural of prodomain.

Meaning of prodomain

Noun

prodomain (plural prodomains)

  1. A domain of a proprotein
    • When a prodomain is cleaved from inactive Casp7 by upstream caspases, it undergoes auto-proteolysis into a p20 subunit (fragment containing residues 57–198) and p11 subunit (207–303) that associate to form an active Casp7 [48 ].2015 August 29, “An Engineered Split Intein for Photoactivated Protein Trans -Splicing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about prodomains

What is prodomains the plural of?
Prodomains is the plural of prodomain.

Words near prodomains in the dictionary

  1. prodnosing
  2. prodns.
  3. prodocyte
  4. prodom
  5. prodomain
  6. prodomains
  7. prodorsal
  8. prodoxid
  9. prodoxids
  10. prodroma
  11. prodromal

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