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subunit

British  
/ sʌbˈjunɪt /

noun

  1. a distinct part or component of something larger

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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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