dockerin

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noun

Any of a class of proteins that interact with cohesin

Scrabble 15

Meanings

noundockerin (plural dockerins)

plural dockerins

  1. biochemistryAny of a class of proteins that interact with cohesin

    Interacting protein components (enzymes bearing a dockerin and scaffoldin or cohesin) were mixed at a final concentration of 10 µM at room temperature in 20 mM Tris-maleate pH 6.0, 1 mM CaCl 2, and 4 µL were subjected to native PAGE (4–15% gradient) using a Phastsystem apparatus (GE Healthcare).

    2015 August 13, Julie Ravachol et al., “Combining free and aggregated cellulolytic systems in the cellulosome-producing bacterium Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels, volume 8, →DOI

Origin

From docker + -in, because of its "docking" function.

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