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Enzymatic digestion of35S ribosomal protein with pronase yielded 0.14 molar % of the amino acids as N-formylmethionine. Analysis showed that approximately two polypeptide chains in the protein of the 30 S subparticle and approximately nine in the 50 S subparticle start with N-formylmethionine.
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Hauschild-Rogat, P. N-formylmethionine as a N-terminal group ofE. coli ribosomal protein. Molec. Gen. Genet. 102, 95–101 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01789135
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