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ubiquitin ligase

ubiquitin ligase noun: a protein that recruits an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme that has been loaded with ubiquitin, promoting protein ubiquitination and degradation.

Noun

ubiquitin ligase (plural ubiquitin ligases)

  1. A protein that recruits an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme that has been loaded with ubiquitin, promoting protein ubiquitination and degradation.

Forms of ubiquitin ligase

pluralubiquitin ligases

Questions about ubiquitin ligase

What does ubiquitin ligase mean?
Ubiquitin ligase means a protein that recruits an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme that has been loaded with ubiquitin, promoting protein ubiquitination and degradation.
What part of speech is ubiquitin ligase?
Ubiquitin ligase is a noun.
What is the plural of ubiquitin ligase?
The plural of ubiquitin ligase is ubiquitin ligases.

Words near ubiquitin ligase in the dictionary

  1. ubiquiter
  2. ubiquiters
  3. ubiquities
  4. ubiquitilation
  5. ubiquitin
  6. ubiquitin ligase
  7. ubiquitin ligases
  8. ubiquitinable
  9. ubiquitinase
  10. ubiquitinases
  11. ubiquitinate

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