Formyl-methionine as a degradation signal at the N-termini of bacterial proteins
In bacteria, all nascent proteins bear the pretranslationally formed N-terminal formyl-methionine (fMet) residue. The fMet residue is cotranslationally deformylated by a ribosome-associated deformylase. The formylation of N-terminal Met in bacterial proteins is not strictly essential for either tran...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Shared Science Publishers OG
2015-09-01
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| Series: | Microbial Cell |
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| Online Access: | http://microbialcell.com/researcharticles/formyl-methionine-as-a-degradation-signal-at-the-n-termini-of-bacterial-proteins/ |