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The phrase "as a docking factor" is not commonly used in written English and may be unclear without context.
It could be used in discussions related to technology, logistics, or processes where "docking" is relevant, but its meaning may need clarification.
Example: "The new software update serves as a docking factor for integrating various systems seamlessly."
Alternatives: "as a connecting element" or "as a linking component".
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Ku70, a key player of non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) repair pathway, associates with NM and acts as a docking factor to promote the tethering of free DSB ends to NM for repair.
While the proteins present on SVs have been systematically identified (Takamori et al. 2006), none of these have been assigned as a docking factor; to the best of our knowledge no docking phenotypes have been observed in null mutants for any of these vesicular proteins.
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Theoretically, AIF may operate as a docking protein, recruiting factor or redox intermediate for MIA40.
S100A10 can interact with vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 (VAMP2) which may act as docking factor for S100A10.
Pex3 acts as docking factor for Pex19 in peroxisome formation, and it also recruits Inp1 to peroxisomes as part of its role in peroxisome segregation.
Similar to Grb2 and Shc, phosphorylated SH2B1 and 2 may serve as a docking site for downstream factors.
The CTD is also subject to regulation by phosphorylation and functions as a docking protein for splicing factors as well [ 30].
Immediately upstream of the core promoter is the proximal promoter, which is located at position [-101 -1000] relative to the TSS and serves as a docking site for transcription factors.
Mediator coactivator complex serves as a bridge between the activator and basal transcription machinery of RNA Polymerase II and the general transcription factors (Biddick and Young, 2005) and acts as a docking site for transcription elongation factors (Takahashi et al., 2011).
The interaction with CKS1 was not surprising, since CKS1 is a member of a conserved family of small proteins that are believed to act as docking factors that mediate the interaction of CDKs with regulatory proteins and putative substrates [ 37].
HP1 proteins are known to interact with numerous proteins, being described as a docking platform for some transcription factors [45].
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