Biochemistry. A small peptide of 76 amino acids present in all eucaryotic cells. Ubiquitin plays an important role in intracellular protein breakdown. It attaches to a protein which is damaged or no longer needed by the body. This ubiquitinated protein is recognized and then degraded in a proteasome.
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