Homotrimer

Trimeric form of a TNF-α mutant

In molecular biology, a homotrimer (from Greek homo- 'same' and tri 'three') is a protein which is composed of three identical subunits of polypeptide.[1]

  1. ^ Cha, S.S.; et al. (1998). "High resolution crystal structure of a human tumor necrosis factor-alpha mutant with low systemic toxicity". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (4): 2153–60. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.4.2153. PMID 9442056. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2007-11-25.