Protein biosynthesis (or protein synthesis) is a core biological process, occurring inside cells, balancing the loss of cellular proteins (via degradation...
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for protein biosynthesis, while others are converted to glucose through gluconeogenesis, or fed into the citric acid cycle. This use of protein as a...
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covalent process of changing proteins following protein biosynthesis. PTMs may involve enzymes or occur spontaneously. Proteins are created by ribosomes,...
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(C) end. Protein biosynthesis is most commonly performed by ribosomes in cells. Peptides can also be synthesized in the laboratory. Protein primary structures...
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organelles and structures (e.g., the biosynthesis of glycosylated cell surface proteins). Elements of biosynthesis include: precursor compounds, chemical...
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Pea protein is a food product and protein supplement derived and extracted from yellow and green split peas, Pisum sativum. It can be used as a dietary...
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molecular chaperones are proteins that assist the conformational folding or unfolding of large proteins or macromolecular protein complexes. There are a...
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Protein splicing is an intramolecular reaction of a particular protein in which an internal protein segment (called an intein) is removed from a precursor...
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(symbol Leu or L) is an essential amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. Leucine is an α-amino acid, meaning it contains an α-amino group...
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Shine–Dalgarno sequence (category Protein biosynthesis)
sequence helps recruit the ribosome to the messenger RNA (mRNA) to initiate protein synthesis by aligning the ribosome with the start codon. Once recruited...
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43S preinitiation complex (category Protein biosynthesis)
The 43S preinitiation complex (43S PIC) is a ribonucleoprotein complex that exists during an early step of eukaryotic translation initiation. The 43S PIC...
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environment Posttranslational modifications, changes to proteins arising from protein biosynthesis Modding, modifying hardware or software Mod (video gaming)...
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Metabolism (section Amino acids and proteins)
and its interpretation through the processes of transcription and protein biosynthesis. This information is protected by DNA repair mechanisms and propagated...
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Cell-free protein synthesis, also known as in vitro protein synthesis or CFPS, is the production of protein using biological machinery in a cell-free...
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Capsid (redirect from Core protein)
replicating itself, new capsid subunits are synthesized using the protein biosynthesis mechanism of the cell. In some viruses, including those with helical...
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Ribosome (category Protein biosynthesis)
species). Ribosomes are the workplaces of protein biosynthesis, the process of translating mRNA into protein. The mRNA comprises a series of codons which...
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modification, covalent and generally enzymatic modification of proteins following protein biosynthesis by ribosomes Post-transition metal, a grouping of chemical...
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Retapamulin Biology portal Protein biosynthesis Bacterial translation Eukaryotic translation Archaeal translation Frank Lowy. "Protein Synthesis Inhibitors"...
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synthesis of peptides using amino acids Protein biosynthesis, the multi-step biochemical synthesis of proteins (long peptides) DNA synthesis, several biochemical...
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Mature messenger RNA (category Protein biosynthesis)
been spliced and processed and is ready for translation in the course of protein synthesis. Unlike the eukaryotic RNA immediately after transcription known...
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biology, protein turnover refers to the replacement of older proteins as they are broken down within the cell. Different types of proteins have very...
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predatory claws to hair for warmth. α-keratin is synthesized through protein biosynthesis, utilizing transcription and translation, but as the cell matures...
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molecular biology, proteins are generally thought to adopt unique structures determined by their amino acid sequences. However, proteins are not strictly...
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Tryptophan (redirect from Tryptophan biosynthesis)
Tryptophan (symbol Trp or W) is an α-amino acid that is used in the biosynthesis of proteins. Tryptophan contains an α-amino group, an α-carboxylic acid group...
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held together by peptide bonds that are made during the process of protein biosynthesis. The two ends of the polypeptide chain are referred to as the carboxyl...
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Wobble base pair (category Protein biosynthesis)
PMC 1083677. PMID 11256617. Cox, Michael M.; Nelson, David L. (2013). "Protein Metabolism: Wobble Allows Some tRNA's to Recognize More than One Codon"...
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Cloverleaf model of tRNA (category Protein biosynthesis)
The cloverleaf model of tRNA is a model that depicts the molecular structure of tRNA. The model revealed that the chain of tRNA consists of two ends—sometimes...
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Chemical chaperone (category Protein biosynthesis)
folding and/or stability of proteins. Chemical chaperones are a broad and diverse group of molecules, and they can influence protein stability and polypeptide...
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DNA and RNA codon tables (category Protein biosynthesis)
RNA codon table, because when proteins are made in a cell by ribosomes, it is messenger RNA (mRNA) that directs protein synthesis. The mRNA sequence is...
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