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subunit
(redirected from Protein subunit)

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subunit [′səb‚yü·nət]
(biochemistry)


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Scientists have known for years that potassium channels are composed of four identical protein subunits that form a complex.
The team demonstrated that ARP re-arranges its protein subunits upon activation to allow the cytoskeleton to be extended.
The researchers broke the virus apart chemically and extracted the spilled RNA, then allowed the protein subunits to reassemble into a sphere with a cavity 18 nanometers in diameter.
 
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