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A complex protein, found in bacterial, archeal and eukaryotic cells, that breaks down other proteins via proteolysis.
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Proteasome — Protéasome Représentation du protéasome obtenue par Diffractométrie de rayons X après cristalisation. Le cœur catalytique 20S est en bleu. Les deux complexes régulateurs 11S sont en rouge. Les protéasomes sont des complexes enzymatiques… … Wikipédia en Français
Proteasome — Proteasomes are large protein complexes inside all eukaryotes and archaea, as well as in some bacteria. In eukaryotes, they are located in the nucleus and the cytoplasm.cite journal |author=Peters JM, Franke WW, Kleinschmidt JA |title=Distinct 19 … Wikipedia
Protéasome — Représentation du protéasome obtenue par Diffractométrie de rayons X après cristalisation. Le cœur catalytique 20S est en bleu. Les deux complexes régulateurs 11S sont en rouge. Les protéasomes sont des complexes enzymatiques multiprotéiques que… … Wikipédia en Français
Proteasome inhibitor — Proteasome inhibitors are drugs that block the action of proteasomes, cellular complexes that break down proteins, like the p53 protein. Proteasome inhibitors are being studied in the treatment of cancer. In 2003, bortezomib was the first… … Wikipedia
proteasome inhibitor — A drug that blocks the action of proteasomes. A proteasome is a large protein complex that helps destroy other cellular proteins when they are no longer needed. Proteasome inhibitors are being studied in the treatment of cancer … English dictionary of cancer terms
Proteasome ATPase — In enzymology, a proteasome ATPase (EC number|3.6.4.8) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction:ATP + H2O ightleftharpoons ADP + phosphateThus, the two substrates of this enzyme are ATP and H2O, whereas its two products are ADP and… … Wikipedia
proteasome inhibitors — a class of antineoplastic agents that disrupt the ubiquitin proteasome system of cells, thereby interfering with growth and other cellular processes … Medical dictionary
proteasome — A large, cylindrical protein complex that degrades ubiquitin labeled proteins to peptides in an ATP dependent process … Dictionary of microbiology
proteasome — pro·te·a·some (proґte ə sōm) [protease + some] a large, cylindrical protease complex occurring in both the nucleoplasm and cytoplasm, consisting of a 20S core that in eukaryotes and Archaea is capped by a regulatory complex at one or… … Medical dictionary
proteasome — n. cluster of multi protein complex … English contemporary dictionary
