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ubiquitin

Pronunciation: ū-bik′kwi-tin
A small (76 amino acyl residues) protein found in all cells of higher organisms and one with a structure that has changed minimally during evolutionary history; involved in at least two processes; histone modification and intracellular protein breakdown.


 

 

 

 

 

 



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