post-translational modification
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post-translational modification
or post-translational processing
abbr. PTM; any enzyme-catalysed change to a protein made after it is synthesized by the translation of messenger RNA. Examples are proteolytic cleavage and C-terminal peptide amidation. glycosylation, methylation, phosphorylation, and prenylation.
abbr. PTM; any enzyme-catalysed change to a protein made after it is synthesized by the translation of messenger RNA. Examples are proteolytic cleavage and C-terminal peptide amidation. glycosylation, methylation, phosphorylation, and prenylation.
| post-translational, post-transcriptional gene silencing, post-transcriptional | |
| postabsorptive, posterior, posterior lobe |
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