RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRP), an additional enzyme required in many cases of RNAi including centromeric silencing in fission yeast.

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

A reading frame without a termination codon among 50 or more codons is referred to as an open reading frame (ORF).

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Minimum degenerated probes can be derived from the minimum degenerating area of any protein.

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Peptide bond formation takes place through Proton Shuttle reaction.

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

In Shuttle reaction the 3' oxygen extracts a hydrogen from the 2'-hydroxyl, and the 2' oxygen, in turn, extracts a hydrogen from the amino group attacking the carbonyl.

TLS Online TPP Program

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Mutations that remove the 2'-OH of the A residue at the 3' end of the P-site tRNA result in a 10⁶ -fold reduction in catalysis rates.

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#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes

Mitochondria have their own tRNAs, so their code variations do not affectthe much larger cellular genome.