| 单词 | adaptor molecule |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadaptor molecule 4. Biochemistry. More fully adaptor molecule. A molecule that was postulated by Francis Crick (1916–2004) as carrying the amino acid to the messenger RNA during protein synthesis, later identified with transfer RNA. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > genetic activity > genetic components > [noun] > nucleic acid > RNA > molecule of transfer RNA adaptor1957 adapter1962 1957 F. H. C. Crick in Struct. Nucleic Acids (Biochem. Soc.) 25 The combination between each amino acid and its own specific adaptor could be made by a special enzyme, or enzymes. 1958 F. H. C. Crick in Symp. Soc. Exper. Biol. 12 155 It is therefore a natural hypothesis that the amino acid is carried to the template by an ‘adaptor’ molecule. 1978 V. Richards Cancer: Wayward Cell 51 How do amino acids, which build up proteins, assemble in correct order? An adaptor molecule is necessary for this part of the process. 1983 B. Lewin Genes vii. 103/1 Transfer RNA occupies a pivotal position in protein synthesis, providing the adaptor molecule that accomplishes the translation of each nucleotide triplet into an amino acid. 2004 Sci. Amer. (U.K. ed.) Apr. 61/1 Sometimes the wrong adaptor (tRNA) binds to the mRNA transcript of a gene, misincorporating an amino acid into a nascent protein. < as lemmas |
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