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<p align="justify">'''2x36''' is a 6 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human Human]. This domain belongs to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_protease_family Lon protease family]. | <p align="justify">'''2x36''' is a 6 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human Human]. This domain belongs to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_protease_family Lon protease family]. | ||
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrion Mitochondrial] Lon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protease protease] is an '''ATP-dependent serine protease (an enzyme that hydrolyses proteins and polypeptides) | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrion Mitochondrial] Lon [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protease protease] is an '''ATP-dependent serine protease''' (an enzyme that hydrolyses proteins and polypeptides) involved '''in the selective degradation of abnormal proteins'''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LONP1 LONP1] situated on chromosome 19 is the nuclear gene encoding mitochondrial Lon protein. The single species of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messenger_RNA mRNA] of this protein is found in the mitochondrial matrix. This protein from human tissues has a molecular mass of 100 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton_(unit) kDA].</p> The proteolytic domain of Lon is the center of the Lon protease activity. | ||
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== Function == | == Function == | ||
