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#Question id: 3966


You are studying a mutant protein that has a half-life of several weeks. The normal, wild-type version has a half-life of only a few minutes. What feature would you look for to account for the difference in half-life of your mutant compared to the wild-type?

#Unit 3. Fundamental Processes
  1. misfolding during translation

  2. the presence of specific lysines, especially at the N-terminus

  3. the presence of a poly A tail

  4. none of the above.