tetrabrachion

English

Noun

tetrabrachion (plural tetrabrachions)

1. (biochemistry) A highly thermostable surface protein, of unusual structure, isolated from an archaebacterium.
   • 2015 August 18, “Expression and Characterization of Recombinant, Tetrameric and Enzymatically Active Influenza Neuraminidase for the Setup of an Enzyme-Linked Lectin-Based Assay”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The cytoplasmic (CD), tetramerization (TM) and stalk domains of the WT NA were replaced by an Ig-k secretion sequence, a 6xHis-tag, and a tetrabrachion domain for protein tetramerization.