In article <cphhna$vq1$02$1 at news.t-online.com>,
Dr Engelbert Buxbaum <engelbert_buxbaum at hotmail.com> wrote:
>Stefek Borkowski wrote:
>>> Is "clipping the leading Met away" a
>> general phenomenon, concerning all proteins? If not, how do I know the final
>>No, it is unfortunately a bit more complicated than that. The number of
>amino acids clipped depends on the kind of protein. For example those
Further, the trimming of the leading Met is done with different
efficiencies depending on the penultimate amino acid. THere are papers
that have determined these efficiencies, but in my experience they're not
totally reliable -- the Met is clearly left on in some contexts when it's
supposed to be trimmed.
Life is complicated.
Ian
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Ian York (iayork at panix.com) <http://www.panix.com/~iayork/>
"-but as he was a York, I am rather inclined to suppose him a
very respectable Man." -Jane Austen, The History of England
