Cystine (Cys2) possesses a weak absorption maximum of similar strength as phenylalanine at 250 nm. This band can play a role in rare cases in protein optical activity or protein fluorescence.

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Valyl-tRNA synthetase can sterically exclude isoleucine from its catalytic pocket because isoleucine is larger than valine.

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The protein-coding region(s) of each mRNA is composed of a contiguous, non-overlapping string of codons called an open reading frame (commonly known as an ORF).

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Translation starts at the 5’end of the ORF and proceeds one codon at a time to the 3’end. The first and last codons of an ORF are known as the start and stop codons.

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mRNAs containing multiple ORFs are known as polycistronic mRNAs, and those encoding a single ORF are known as monocistronic mRNAs.

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A polycistronic prokaryotic message with three ORFs. Each ribosome binding site is indicated by a purple box labeled RBS.

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A monocistronic eukaryotic message. The 5’cap is indicated by a “ball” at the end of the mRNA.