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unusual facts about polypeptide



Coagulation factor XIII, A1 polypeptide

Coagulation factor XIII, A1 polypeptide has been shown to interact with F13B.

Feline coronavirus

Other molecules from colostrum and cat milk, could also bear this coverage: Lactoferrin, Lactoperoxidase, Lysozyme, Rich Proline polypeptide – PRP and alpha-lactalbumine.

Fluffy transcription factor

The fluffy (fl) gene of Neurospora crassa is required for asexual sporulation and encodes an 88 kDa polypeptide containing a typical fungal Zn2Cys6 DNA-binding motif.

IAPP

Islet amyloid polypeptide or Amylin, a protein produced by the pancreatic beta-cell that has been linked to type II Diabetes.

IGH

Immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH), the large polypeptide subunit of an antibody

Immunoglobulin light chain

The immunoglobulin light chain is the small polypeptide subunit of an antibody (immunoglobulin).

J. Heinrich Matthaei

Whilst a post-doctoral visitor in the laboratory of Marshall Warren Nirenberg at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, he discovered that a synthetic RNA polynucleotide, composed of a repeating uridylic acid residue, coded for a polypeptide chain encoding just one kind of amino acid, phenylalanine.

Oligopeptide

Phalloidin - A very toxic polypeptide isolated mainly from Amanita phalloides (Agaricaceae) or death cap; causes fatal liver, kidney and CNS damage in mushroom poisoning; used in the study of liver damage.

Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide A

Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide A has been shown to interact with CDC5L.

Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide C

Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein polypeptide C has been shown to interact with Ewing sarcoma breakpoint region 1.


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