ubiquitin ligase

noun

A protein that recruits an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme that has been loaded with ubiquitin, promoting protein ubiquitination and degradation.

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Meanings

nounubiquitin ligase (plural ubiquitin ligases)

plural ubiquitin ligases

  1. biochemistryA protein that recruits an E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme that has been loaded with ubiquitin, promoting protein ubiquitination and degradation.
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