| ribosomal RNA | <molecular biology> A nucleic acid found in all living cells. Plays a role in transferring information from DNA to the protein-forming system of the cell. (16 Dec 1997) |
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| RNA, ribosomal | A component of ribosomes, ribosomal RNA functions as a non-specific site for making polypeptides. Ribosomal RNA is abbreviated rrna. (12 Dec 1998) |
| RNA, ribosomal, 16s | Constituent of 30s subunit prokaryotic ribosomes containing 1600 nucleotides and 21 proteins. 16s rrna is involved in initiation of polypeptide synthesis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| RNA, ribosomal, 18s | Constituent of the 40s subunit of eukaryotic ribosomes. 18s rrna is involved in the initiation of polypeptide synthesis in eukaryotes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| RNA, ribosomal, 23s | Constituent of 50s subunit of prokaryotic ribosomes containing about 3200 nucleotides. 23s rrna is involved in the initiation of polypeptide synthesis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| RNA, ribosomal, 28s | Constituent of the 60s subunit of eukaryotic ribosomes. 28s rrna is involved in the initiation of polypeptide synthesis in eukaryotes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| RNA, ribosomal, 5.8s | Constituent of the 60s subunit of eukaryotic ribosomes. 5.8s rrna is involved in the initiation of polypeptide synthesis in eukaryotes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| RNA, ribosomal, 5s | Constituent of the 50s subunit of prokaryotic ribosomes containing about 120 nucleotides and 34 proteins. It is also a constituent of the 60s subunit of eukaryotic ribosomes. 5s rrna is involved in initiation of polypeptide synthesis. (12 Dec 1998) |
| pre-ribosomal RNA endoribonuclease | <enzyme> Substrate is pre-rrna Registry number: EC 3.1.26.- Synonym: pre-rrna endoribonuclease (26 Jun 1999) |
| sisomicin-gentamicin resistance ribosomal RNA methylase | <enzyme> Catalyses the methylation of 30s ribosomal units to confer sisomicin-gentamicin resistance in micromonospora zionensis Registry number: EC 2.1.1.- Synonym: sgm gene product, sgm methylase (26 Jun 1999) |
| non-ribosomal peptide synthase | <enzyme> Nrp - non-ribosomal peptide/polyketide; locus nrp is mutated in a swarming-defective proteus mirabilis strain; 249 amino acid residues, mw 29.7 kD; amimo acid sequence given in first source Registry number: EC 6.3.2.- Synonym: nrpg protein, nrpg gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| DNA, ribosomal | DNA sequences encoding ribosomal RNA. These sequences regulate amplification and transcription initiation and contain transcribed and nontranscribed spacer segments. (12 Dec 1998) |
| 60S ribosomal protein kinase | <enzyme> Phosphorylates 60s ribosomal proteins l44, l44', l45 and a 38 kD protein from the 60s subunit only on serine residues Registry number: EC 2.7.10.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| frameshifting, ribosomal | A directed change in translational reading frame that allows the production of a single protein from two or more overlapping genes. The process is programmed by the nucleotide sequence of the mRNA and is sometimes also affected by the secondary or tertiary mRNA structure. It has been described mainly in viruses (especially retroviruses), retrotransposons, and bacterial insertion elements but also in some cellular genes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| anion exchange | The process by which an anion in a mobile (liquid) phase exchanges with another anion previously bound to a solid, positively charged phase, the latter being an anion exchanger. It takes place when Cl- is exchanged for OH- in desalting. The reaction is Cl- (in solution) + (OH- on anion exchanger+) → (Cl- on anion exchanger) + OH- (in solution); combined with cation exchange, NaCl is removed from solution. Anion exchange may also be used chromatographically, to separate anions, and medicinally, to remove an anion (e.g., Cl-) from gastric contents or bile acids in the intestine. (05 Mar 2000) |