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ubiquitin

noun
/juːˈbɪkwɪtɪn/

Etymology

From ubiquitous + -in.

  1. derived from ubīque — “everywhere”
  2. derived from ubīquitās
  3. suffixed as ubiquitin — “ubiquitous + in”

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of small protein, or polypeptide, present in the cells of all eukaryotes,…

    Any of a class of small protein, or polypeptide, present in the cells of all eukaryotes, that play a part in modifying and degrading proteins.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ubiquitin. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA