ubiquitin

English

Etymology

From ubiquitous +‎ -in.

Noun

ubiquitin (plural ubiquitins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of small protein, or polypeptide, present in the cells of all eukaryotes, that play a part in modifying and degrading proteins.

Derived terms

• diubiquitin
• small ubiquitin-related modifier
• triubiquitin
• ubiquitin ligase

Related terms

• ubiquitinate
• ubiquitinated
• ubiquitination
• ubiquitinylation
• ubiquitylation

Translations

small polypeptide

• Armenian: ուբիքվիտին (ubikʻvitin)
• Bashkir: убиквитин (ubikvitin)
• Bulgarian: убиквитин (ubikvitin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泛素 (fànsù)

• French: ubiquitine (fr) f
• Indonesian: ubikitinasi
• Italian: ubiquitina (it) f
• Japanese: ユビキチン (yubikichin)
• Kazakh: убиквитин (ubikvitin)
• Korean: 유비퀴틴 (yubikwitin)
• Kyrgyz: убиквитин (ubikvitin)
• Latin: ubiquitinum n
• Persian: یوبیکوتین
• Spanish: ubiquitina f
• Turkish: ubikuitin