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Describe structural changes that can occur to a protein after translation to make it function properly. cleavage

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Protein after translation can have several modifications, they are called post-translational modifications. It could be: addition of peptidic or lipidic products, it could be acetylation, ubiquitinylation, methylation, oxidation or glycation.... or it could be protein cleavage.

CLEAVAGE:
It could be the elimination of the N-terminal methionine
It could be a maturation of the protein by cleaving a portion of it. It could be intracellular like insulin, or extracellular like pepsinogen
It could be a cleavage for the deactivation of the protein.


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