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co-operativity

(see negative co-operativity; positive co-operativity)

co-translational

Descriptive of a process that occurs at the same time as protein synthesis; e.g. folding into a native conformation assisted by a molecular chaperone, transport of a secretory protein across the endoplasmic reticulum.

coat protein

One of the proteins that encapsulate the nucleic acid core of a virus. (see also capsid)

coated pit

(see coated region)

coated region

The region of the plasma membrane of a cell capable of endocytosis that contains receptors and is lined on the cytoplasmic side with the protein clathrin. When the receptors are occupied, these regions invaginate to form coated pits and then pinch off into coated vesicles in the cytoplasm. (see also receptosome (endosome))

coated vesicle

(see coated region)

coatomer

A complex of four proteins that coats Golgi-derived non-clathrin-coated vesicles, and that presumably supports their function in intracellular transport and budding. Waters, M.G., Serafini, T. and Rothman, J.E. (1991) Nature (London) 349, 248-251

cochleate cylinder

(see vesosome)

cognate

A term borrowed from linguistics, signifying a correspondence; e.g. a receptor and its cognate ligand, a tRNA and its cognate amino acid.

collected substrate inhibitor

(= bi-product analogue (collected substrate inhibitor))

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