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- noun chemistry, biochemistry A
tetramer , especially a biologically active one, derived from four identicalmonomers
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The 28 kDa protein was found to be amazingly abundant in red cell membranes (approximately 200,000 copies per cell) and behaved physically like a membrane-spanning homotetramer.
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Indeed, the protein, which is a homotetramer, is mutated in most human cancers.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences current issue S. Gordo 2008
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(1 * 38500, large component [15]) [15] tetramer (homotetramer, 4 * 50000, large component, SDS-PAGE [15]) [15] 5
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Figure 2), forming, like other members of the aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) family, a biologically relevant homotetramer a) Two cartoon representations of E. coli SSADH monomer (rotated by 180°) with NADP
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Christopher G. Langendorf et al. 2010
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