Protein Subunits

Synonyms

Protein Subunit

Protomer

Protomers

Subunit, Protein

Subunits, Protein

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.