Protein Subunits

Single chains of amino acids that are the units of multimeric PROTEINS. Multimeric proteins can be composed of identical or non-identical subunits. One or more monomeric subunits may compose a protomer which itself is a subunit structure of a larger assembly.

Year introduced: 2001

Date introduced: June 22, 2000

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Tree Number(s): D12.776.813

MeSH Unique ID: D021122

Entry Terms:

• Subunits, Protein
• Protein Subunit
• Subunit, Protein
• Protomers
• Protomer

Previous Indexing:

• Protein Conformation (1972-2000)

All MeSH Categories
Chemicals and Drugs Category
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Proteins
Protein Subunits