Why don’t all proteins have methionine as the N-terminal
amino acid?

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Why don’t all proteins have methionine as the N-terminal amino acid?..

Answer / amrit

methionine is the first amino acid involved but in some
proteins it is cleaved to remove formylated end. Hence, not
found in all proteins as N-terminal amino acid.

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Why don’t all proteins have methionine as the N-terminal amino acid?..

Answer / narayana

Methionine is code for AUG .It is a starting code for
protiene synthasis.

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