exteins

exteins
Polypeptide sequences of precursor self-splicing proteins that are joined together during formation of the final, functional protein. They are separated from one another by intein sequences, which they flank.

Microbiology. . 2009.

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  • protein splicing — The post translational process in which part of a precursor polypeptide is removed before the mature polypeptide folds into its final shape; it is carried out by self splicing proteins that remove inteins and join the remaining exteins …   Dictionary of microbiology

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