ubiquitination

English

Ubiguitination, by four means. In the picture, the ubiquitin is dark green and marked Ub.

Etymology

From ubiquitin +‎ -ation.

Noun

ubiquitination (countable and uncountable, plural ubiquitinations)

1. (biochemistry) The modification of a protein by the covalent attachment of one or more ubiquitin molecules.

   Synonyms: ubiquitinylation, ubiquitylation

Derived terms

• autoubiquitination
• deubiquitination
• hypoubiquitination
• monoubiquitination
• multiubiquitination
• oligoubiquitination
• polyubiquitination
• selfubiquitination
• tetraubiquitination
• transubiquitination

Related terms

• ubiquitinate

Further reading

• Ubiquitin § Ubiquitylation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia