Inside our cells, there's a method to breaking down proteins: a chain of ubiquitin (Ub) attaches to the target protein (e.g., Trump 🦧), thus marking it to be broken down, which is done by the proteasome (the twisty thing).
The Ub represents ubiquitin, and it's used to mark proteins to be degraded. The pink/brown/orange structure represents the 26s proteasome, which does the degrading.
it's a reference to ubiquitin tagged proteolysis, a biochemical pathway cells use to dissolve proteins. Ub stands for ubiquitin, which is attached in a chain to proteins and attracts the attention of that thing on the left, a proteasome. it expresses the wish that trump will be dissolved.
I had to look up the explanation downthread. But my wife, who did graduate work in genetics focused on ubiquitin, laughed for almost a minute after seeing it. 🙂
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Inside our cells, there's a method to breaking down proteins: a chain of ubiquitin (Ub) attaches to the target protein (e.g., Trump 🦧), thus marking it to be broken down, which is done by the proteasome (the twisty thing).
Nerds be laughing 🤓