heterodimerisiin
Heterodimerisiin is a term encountered in discussions of protein chemistry and molecular biology that refers to the concept of heterodimerization, the process by which two different protein subunits associate to form a heterodimer. In English-language literature the corresponding term is heterodimerization or heterodimer formation. The Finnish form often appears in scientific texts as a grammatical variant describing the activity or outcome of this process.
Heterodimer formation increases functional diversity by combining subunits with distinct biochemical properties. This can alter DNA-binding
Common examples include transcription factors such as AP-1, where Fos and Jun family proteins form heterodimers
Researchers study heterodimerisiin using methods such as co-immunoprecipitation, yeast two-hybrid assays, Förster resonance energy transfer, crosslinking,