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(Membrane) Protein Production in Context
Paul E Schavemaker1, Bert Poolman1
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Great progress has been made in elucidating the structural and mechanistic basis of (membrane) protein production. Here, we attempt to look ahead and indicate four directions in which our understanding of the protein production process can grow: (i) determine how the molecular mechanisms influence higher-level processes, such as the distribution of protein copy number over a population of cells or the cell growth rate; (ii) explore the functional landscape that the molecular mechanisms of protein production exist in, for instance by comparing membrane protein insertion mechanisms; (iii) uncover the life history of proteins - that is, what happens to them between their synthesis and degradation; and (iv) determine, and connect by calculation, the numbers that are associated with (membrane) protein production.
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