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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Fields of Study > chemistry > physical chemistry > chemical structure > protein structure > protein subunits
Preferred Term:

protein subunits

Definition:
Single chains of amino acids that are the units of multimeric proteins. Multimeric proteins can be composed of identical or non-identical subunits.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
protein structure
Related Concepts:
Entry Terms:
  • enzyme subunits
  • catalytic subunits
  • protomers
  • protein oligomers
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/37498
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