What are inteins? How do they work? Can you find the mechanism of how they self-splice? (Internet search) Write a detailed chemical mechanism.
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Step 2: Inteins work by facilitating the cleavage and formation of peptide bonds. They can carry out protein splicing in an exogenous context, even between polypeptides that are unrelated to the host protein. Step 3: Inteins are split into two or more domains, Show more…
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