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N terminus

or N terminal

noun

Biochemistry.
  1. the amino end of a protein molecule.


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Other Word Forms

  • -ٱ··Բ [en, -tur-m, uh, -nl], adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of N terminus1

Abbreviation for nitrogen or –NH 2
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Example Sentences

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The N terminus of Dot1 is predicted to be an IDR and can promote H2B ubiquitination when overexpressed19.

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The numberings of nearby amino acid residues, which are shown along with these cofactors, are listed below each cofactor. b, Fitting of different secondary structure elements to cryo-EM density. c, Eleven identified lipids are modelled as phosphatidylethanolamine molecules. d, The triacylated cysteine at the N terminus of ActE shown along with 15 downstream amino acids.

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In the Supplementary Information of this Article, on pages 3, 8 and 11, we refer to “UK Patent Application No. 1522431.4”, which pertains to the discovery of the truncated peptide analogues we used1, and specifically to the use of the modified N terminus or ‘Cap’.

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This helix is also mentioned in the main text, where “positioned near the N terminus of helix αA in CD” should have read “positioned near the N terminus of helix αE in CD”.

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Hence, ABL001 binding mimics the structural consequences of myristate binding to the N terminus of ABL1.

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