ubiquitin ligase

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Noun

ubiquitin ligase (plural ubiquitin ligases)

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

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