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N-terminal processing

Marcus, Dr J. J.Marcus at botany.uq.edu.au
Tue Jan 21 22:48:39 EST 1997


Hi Steve, 
     If you are asking about the common length of leader 
peptides, I would guess that a length of 15 to 60 residues 
would cover most signal peptides with 30 being about the 
average length.  Hope that helps.

John

> Hi folks,
> We are comparing N-terminal sequences of two related
> proteins, and
>thinking of making an antibody to the parts that differ. 
>How much of the N-terminal sequence is present in mature
>(processed) proteins? Thanks for your help. Stephen Stack





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