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Caption: The "regulatory particle" (in blue) detects the proteins tagged with ubiquitin and prepares them for degradation. The "core particle" (in red) breaks the proteins down into their single components.
Credit: Julio Ortiz / Copyright: MPI of Biochemistry
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