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Definitions for "Release factor"
Keywords:  polypeptide, codon, ribosome, peptidyl, nascent
Related Terms: Nonsense codon, Subunit, Elongation factor, Initiation factor, Peptidyl transferase, Trna, Stop codon, Transfer rna, Codon, Protein synthesis, Start codon, Biopolymer, Post-translational modification, Degeneracy, Nucleoprotein, Primary structure, Initiation complex, Biomolecules, Genetic code, Macromolecules, Anticodon, Molecule, Triplet code, Nonsense mutation, Secondary structure, Translation, Residue, Gtp, Macromolecule, Ribosome, Biomolecule, Leucine zipper, Protein molecule, Nucleic acid, Alpha helix, Missense mutation, Amino acid sequence, Protein kinase, Polynucleotide, Nucleotides, Protein, Nucleotide, Nucleic acids, Polypeptides, Tertiary structure, Proteins, Ribosomal rna, Ribosomes, Rrna, Nuclease
A protein involved in the release of nascent polypeptide chains from the ribosome.
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When protein synthesis terminates, a release factor cause peptidyl transferase to transfer the peptide chain to water. Three release factors are found in bacteria , RF1, RF2 and RF3.
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specific proteins that read termination codons and cause the release of the finished polypeptide
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Keywords:  neurosecretory, hypothalamic, portal, pituitary, anterior
A substance released into portal vessels by hypothalamic neurosecretory neurons to control release of anterior pituitary hormones.
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