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... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Carrier Proteins > RNA-Binding Proteins > Ribonucleoproteins > Ribonucleoproteins, Small Cytoplasmic > Signal Recognition Particle
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Nucleoproteins > RNA-Binding Proteins > Ribonucleoproteins > Ribonucleoproteins, Small Cytoplasmic > Signal Recognition Particle

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Signal Recognition Particle  

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  • SRP (Signal Recognition Particle)

Scope note

  • A cytosolic ribonucleoprotein complex that acts to induce elongation arrest of nascent presecretory and membrane proteins until the ribosome becomes associated with the rough endoplasmic reticulum. It consists of a 7S RNA and at least six polypeptide subunits (relative molecular masses 9, 14, 19, 54, 68, and 72K).

History note

  • 94; was SIGNAL RECOGNITION PARTICLE (NM) 1985-93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018271

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