SUBUNIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subunit mean? 

• SUBUNIT (noun)
  The noun SUBUNIT has 1 sense:

1. a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit

  Familiarity information: SUBUNIT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBUNIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

fractional monetary unit; subunit

Hypernyms ("subunit" is a kind of...):

monetary unit (a unit of money)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subunit"):

cent (a fractional monetary unit of several countries)

centesimo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile)

centimo (a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain)

centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)

centime (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo)

fils (a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar)

sen (a fractional monetary unit of Japan and Indonesia and Cambodia; equal to one hundredth of a yen or rupiah or riel)

ore (a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona)

piaster; piastre (a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria)

penny (a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound)

paisa (a fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan)

 Context examples 

A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against the human alpha v integrin subunit with potential antiangiogenic and antineoplastic activities.

(Anti-alphaVbeta3 Monoclonal Antibody EMD 525797, NCI Thesaurus)

The beta subunit exists as two isoforms, each is encoded by a separate gene.

(AMP-Activated Protein Kinase Beta, NCI Thesaurus)

LFA-1, Leukocyte function-associated molecule 1, is an integrin composed of two subunits, CD11a and CD18.

(Adhesion Molecules on Lymphocyte Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Composed of Beta-A and Beta-B subunits.

(Activin, NCI Thesaurus)

The saporin toxin is then released from the complex, and binds to ribosomal subunits, thereby halts protein synthesis, and results in cell death.

(Anti-Dopamine-b-Hydroxylase Monoclonal Antibody-Saporin, NCI Thesaurus)

The protein is “trimeric”—with 3 cap-like subunits called glycoprotein 120 (gp120) and 3 stem-like subunits called glycoprotein 41 (gp41) that anchor Env in the viral membrane.

(The Structure and Dynamics of HIV Surface Spikes, NIH)

NEDD8 activating enzyme is comprised of NEDD8-activating enzyme E1 regulatory subunit and NEDD8-activating enzyme E1 catalytic subunit.

(NEDD8 Activating Enzyme, NCI Thesaurus)

The LFA-1 integrin (Leukocyte function-associated molecule 1) is composed of two subunits, CD11a and CD18 and is involved in monocytes adhesion with ICAM-1 endothelial cells.

(Monocyte Phagocytosis and Adhesion Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Like other meglitinide-type compounds, mitiglinide has a high affinity for SUR1 subunits.

(Mitiglinide, NCI Thesaurus)

A recombinant T-cell engaging bispecific monoclonal antibody (BiTE) directed against human prostate specific membrane antigen (PSMA) and the CD3 epsilon subunit of the T cell receptor complex, with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Anti-PSMA/CD3 BiTE Monoclonal Antibody MT112, NCI Thesaurus)