Eicosameric

Eicosameric refers to biological polymers or multimers having exactly twenty 'monomers' (or 20 repeating components).

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Protein complexes having exactly 20 subunits are referred to as eicosameric (or sometimes 20-Meric).

Examples of eicosameric protein complexes include;

• The rat GTPCHI/GFRP stimulatory complex (involved in regulating sub cellular signalling cascades) PDB 1is7

See also

• Protein quaternary structure