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BIOLOGY
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ISBN: 9781260169614
Author: Raven
Publisher: RENT MCG
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To describe: The role of ubiquitin in the degradation of proteins.

Introduction: Protein is large macromolecules or biomolecules consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues. Protein degradation is a set of processes that result in the hydrolysis of one or more of the peptide bonds in a protein, either through catalysis by proteolytic enzyme called proteases.

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