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Protein trimer
In
biochemistry
, a
trimer
is a macromolecular
complex
formed by three, usually
non-covalently bound
,
macromolecules
like
proteins
or
nucleic acids
. A homo-trimer would be formed by three identical
molecules
. A hetero-trimer would be formed by three different macromolecules.
Collagen
is an example of homo-trimeric protein.
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