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Pseudopilin

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propilinnoun(biochemistry) A polypeptide that is a precursor of pilin
pilinnounAny of a class of fibrous proteins found in pilus structures in bacteria
hyperpseudopilusnoun(biology) A large, multimeric pseudopilus
pseudopilusnounA structure, in gram-negative bacteria, that expels exoproteins from the cell
pilusnoun(biology) A hair.
prepilin peptidasenoun(biochemistry) An enzyme that removes a signal peptide from maturing pilins
pseudoreceptornoun(biochemistry) A receptor protein that lacks an intracellular serine/threonine protein kinase domain
pseudoproteinnounA man-made polypeptide that has some properties of a protein
pseudoproteasenounA rhomboid protease that lacks the amino acid residues that are essential for proteolysis, implying that it cannot cleave substrates.
chaplinnounSir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (1889–1977), English comic actor and film director of the silent film era.
miniplasminnoun(biochemistry) A variant of plasmin that lacks one or more amino acids from the N-terminal position
pininnoun(gene) PNN, the pinin gene, which encodes for the pinin protein
pseudokinasenoun(biochemistry) A protein containing a catalytically inactive kinase domain.
pseudoperiplasmnounA compartment outside the cytoplasm of a cell envelope
pseudopeptidasenoun(biochemistry) Synonym of pseudoprotease.
twinfilinnoun(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that bind actin
miniproteinnoun(biochemistry) A small protein (or a large polypeptide), especially one that folds into a structure similar to that of a normal protein
synphilin(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins, a mutated form of which is implicated in Parkinson's disease.
pseudophosphatasenoun(biochemistry) A pseudoenzyme that is a catalytically-inactive phosphatase
pseudolysinnoun(biochemistry) A peptidase enzyme that has the characteristics of a lysin

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