Explore: Inteins

intein-coding segments inserted at different positions. For these and other reasons, inteins (or more properly, the gene segments coding for inteins)

most inteins contain a homing endonuclease or HEG domain which is capable of finding a copy of the parent gene that does not include the intein nucleotide

easy: generating conditional mutations by using temperature-sensitive inteins that function within different temperature ranges". Genetics. 183 (1):

Reaban ME, Coetzee T, Dalgaard JZ (July 1995). "Prokaryotic introns and inteins: a panoply of form and function". Journal of Bacteriology. 177 (14): 3897–903

solved for the intein V type proton ATPase catalytic subunit (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), a member of family N9 and for several inteins from family N10

Intramolecular transesterification, resulting in a branched polypeptide. In inteins, the new ester bond is broken by an intramolecular attack by the soon-to-be

genes within introns, as fusions with host proteins, or as self-splicing inteins. They catalyze the hydrolysis of genomic DNA within the cells that synthesize

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proteolysis and, more generally, in N–O acyl exchange reactions such as those of inteins. When the functional group attacking the peptide bond is a thiol, hydroxyl

joining pieces of genetic material Protein splicing, a natural process where inteins are removed Splice (system call), a system call used to transfer data on