Homotrimer Explained

thumbnail|right|400px|Trimeric form of a TNF-α mutant

In molecular biology, a homotrimer is a protein which is composed of three identical subunits of polypeptide.^[1]

Examples

• Hemagglutinin (influenza)
• Spike protein (coronavirus)

See also

• Protein trimer

Notes and References

1. Cha, S.S.. High resolution crystal structure of a human tumor necrosis factor-alpha mutant with low systemic toxicity. 1998. J. Biol. Chem.. 273. 2153–60. 10.1074/jbc.273.4.2153. 9442056. 4. etal. free. subscription. 2007-11-25. 2015-09-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924173318/http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore/pubmed.do?structureId=4TSV. dead.