Definition, Meaning & Anagrams | English word DEGRON
DEGRON
Definitions of DEGRON
- (biochemistry) A specific sequence of amino acids in a protein that directs the starting place of degradation.
Number of letters
6
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using DEGRON in a Sentence
- Because the exact mechanism by which a degron is involved in a protein's polyubiqutination is not always known, degrons are classified as ubiquitin-dependent if their removal from the protein leads to less ubiquitination or if their addition to another protein leads to more ubiquitination.
- The selectivity of ubiquitylation is determined by ubiquitin E3 ligases, which recognize the substrate's destabilization signal, or degron.
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