tetrabrachion

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noun

A highly thermostable surface protein, of unusual structure, isolated from an archaebacterium.

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Meanings

nountetrabrachion (plural tetrabrachions)

plural tetrabrachions

  1. biochemistryA highly thermostable surface protein, of unusual structure, isolated from an archaebacterium.

    The cytoplasmic (CD), tetramerization (TM) and stalk domains of the WT NA were replaced by an Ig-k secretion sequence, a 6xHis-tag, and a tetrabrachion domain for protein tetramerization.

    2015 August 18, “Expression and Characterization of Recombinant, Tetrameric and Enzymatically Active Influenza Neuraminidase for the Setup of an Enzyme-Linked Lectin-Based Assay”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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