subunit
Britishnoun
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Rusich is a subunit of the Wagner group.
From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2025
Shirani's results indicate that the fact that the active catalytic subunit overrules its inhibitory components is what's important, not a structural change in the kinase itself.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024
Instead, the only alteration they found was a loss of the inhibitory protein, providing more evidence that the amount of catalytic subunit relative to its regulatory components was a key factor in disease formation.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024
"But there are also proteins that are synthesized by the mitochondria themselves. One of these is ND5, a subunit of complex I of the respiratory chain," explained Professor Kristina Friedland.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2024
This braking role was found to be specific to just the p85β subunit.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 24, 2024
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