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Etymology edit

lipo- +‎ box

Noun edit

lipobox (plural lipoboxes)

  1. A peptide motif that is important to the modification of bacterial lipoproteins
    • 2015 July 4, Paula Roszczenko et al., “Helicobacter pylori HP0377, a member of the Dsb family, is an untypical multifunctional CcmG that cooperates with dimeric thioldisulfide oxidase HP0231”, in BMC Microbiology[1], volume 15, →DOI:
      Understanding the role of the HP0377 lipobox requires more investigation, as has been done for some Legionella lipoproteins [ 61 ].