Post- Translational Modification of Proteins

Introduction

• During a process known as “translation, ” proteins are created.
• Proteins may undergo irreversible or reversible chemical modifications after translation, which is one of the last steps in protein production.
• These changes are referred to as post-translational modification of proteins.
• Post-translational modification, then, are chemical alterations that take place to a polypeptide chain once DNA has been translated into RNA and transcribed into protein.
• These chemi…

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