signal_peptide (CURRENT_SVN) |
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SO Accession: | SO:0000418 (SOWiki) |
Definition: | The signal_peptide is a short region of the peptide located at the N-terminus that directs the protein to be secreted or part of membrane components. |
Synonyms: | signal, INSDC_feature:sig_peptide, signal peptide, signal peptide coding sequence, BS:00159 |
DB Xrefs: | URL: http://www.insdc.org/files/feature_table.html |
Parents: | signal_peptide_region_of_CDS (SO:0002251) |
propeptide (SO:0001062) | |
peptide_localization_signal (SO:0001527) | |
Children: | central_hydrophobic_region_of_signal_peptide (SO:0100016) |
c_terminal_region (SO:0100015) | |
n_terminal_region (SO:0100014) | |
signal_anchor (SO:0001809) |
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