dockerin

English

Etymology

docker +‎ -in, because of its "docking" function.

Noun

dockerin (plural dockerins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that interact with cohesin
   • 2015 August 13, Julie Ravachol et al., “Combining free and aggregated cellulolytic systems in the cellulosome-producing bacterium Ruminiclostridium cellulolyticum”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels‎^[1], volume 8, →DOI:

     Interacting protein components (enzymes bearing a dockerin and scaffoldin or cohesin) were mixed at a final concentration of 10 µM at room temperature in 20 mM Tris-maleate pH 6.0, 1 mM CaCl 2, and 4 µL were subjected to native PAGE (4–15% gradient) using a Phastsystem apparatus (GE Healthcare).