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    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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  • biosynthesis is a multi-step, enzyme-catalyzed process where substrates are converted into more complex products in living organisms. In biosynthesis...
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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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    covalent process of changing proteins following protein biosynthesis. PTMs may involve enzymes or occur spontaneously. Proteins are created by ribosomes,...
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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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    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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    Retapamulin Biology portal Protein biosynthesis Bacterial translation Eukaryotic translation Archaeal translation Frank Lowy. "Protein Synthesis Inhibitors"...
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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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  • 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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    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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    (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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  • 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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    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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    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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    Aminoacyl-tRNA (category Protein biosynthesis)
    donors of amino acids necessary for the modification of lipids and the biosynthesis of antibiotics. For example, microbial biosynthetic gene clusters may...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    acyl carrier protein (ACP) is a cofactor of both fatty acid and polyketide biosynthesis machinery. It is one of the most abundant proteins in cells of...
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    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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    EF-Tu (category Protein biosynthesis)
    Parmeggiani A (March 1992). "Elongation factor Tu: a molecular switch in protein biosynthesis". Molecular Microbiology. 6 (6): 683–8. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2958.1992...
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    aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase complex is a Parkin substrate: linking protein biosynthesis and neurodegeneration". Human Molecular Genetics. 12 (12): 1427–37...
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  • Ribosome-binding site (category Protein biosynthesis)
    binding sites. Translation initiation is the most highly regulated step of protein synthesis in prokaryotes. The rate of translation depends on two factors:...
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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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    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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