Re: Primary, Secondary....

Pedro Mendes (prm@aber.ac.uk)
Fri, 27 Jan 1995 17:08:15 +0000

rebecca@cs.ucf.edu wrote
> What is precisely meant by a subunit of a protein? I know of
> lots of different categorizations of aspects or areas of
> proteins. Is subunit a generic characteristic that refers
> to all?

When I wrote 'subunit' I meant 'monomer' (which can be translated to
polypeptide chain if you prefer). I think this is the usual meaning for
subunit, but you are right, we should use words with precise meanings...

These words should be added to the hyperglossary!

Pedro Mendes Institute Biological Sciences
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