precursor protein

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precursor
noun[C]
uk
/ˌpriːˈkɜː.sər/us
/ˌpriːˈkɝː.sɚ/
something that happened or existed before another thing, especially if it either developed into it or had an influence ...
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protein
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈprəʊ.tiːn/us
/ˈproʊ.tiːn/
one of the many substances found in food such as meat, cheese, fish, or eggs, that is necessary for the body to grow and ...
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(Definition ofprecursorandproteinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is still the possibility that the amount of glucagonprecursorprotein, which is most likely not detected by the radioimmunoassay, changes diurnally.
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Conditions required to induce annular protofibrils vary depending on theprecursorprotein.
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Other important single-gene angiopathies, such as hereditary cerebral haemorrhage with amyloidosis, caused by mutations in the amyloidprecursorproteingene may also occur.
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This peptide is processed from amyloidprecursorprotein, the gene for which is located on chromosome 21.
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It is synthesized inside magnocellular neurosecretory cells as aprecursorproteinthat is processed by proteolysis to its shorter active peptide form.
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Each domain of theprecursorproteinis approximately 80 amino acid residues long with nearly identical placement of cysteine residues and glycosylation sites.
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The cytokines may induce neighboring cells to synthesize amyloidprecursorprotein.
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This encoded protein is a calcium-dependent serine endoprotease that can cleaveprecursorproteinat their paired basic amino acid processing sites.
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Theprecursorproteinexists both as a secretory protein and as an integral membrane protein and has neurotrophic activities.
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That is, the larger the isoform, the more apo(a)precursorproteinaccumulates intracellularly in the endoplasmic reticulum.
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Vitellogenin is an egg yolkprecursorproteinexpressed in the females of nearly all oviparous species including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, most invertebrates, and monotremes.
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The splicing junction of theprecursorproteinis mainly a cysteine or a serine, which are amino acids containing a nucleophilic side chain.
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Many amyloidoses are inherited, due to mutations in theprecursorprotein.
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Ubiquitin is synthesized as aprecursorproteinconsisting of either polyubiquitin chains or a single ubiquitin moiety fused to an unrelated protein.
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These are often synthesised as part of a largerprecursorprotein, either as a prepropeptide.
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