elongation factor

Japanese: elongation factor(英語表記)elongationfactor
elongation factor

… Many kinds of enzymes are known to be involved in the process of protein synthesis. For example, initiation factors that work at the beginning of peptide synthesis, elongation factors that work at the elongation stage of peptide chains, and termination factors that work at the end of protein synthesis are known. Usually, each of these factors consists of multiple enzymes, and some ribosomal proteins also have enzymatic activity. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "elongation factor" is listed below.

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Japanese:

… タンパク質合成の過程には多種類の酵素が関与することが知られている。例えば,ペプチド合成の開始段階で働く開始因子initiation factor,ペプチド鎖の伸長段階で働く伸長因子elongation factor,タンパク質合成の終止段階で働く終止因子termination factorなどが知られている。通例これらの各因子は複数種の酵素より成っており,リボソームタンパク質の一部も酵素活性を担っている。…

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