Initiation factor

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Initiation factors are proteins that bind to the small subunit of the ribosome during the initiation of translation, a part of protein biosynthesis.

They are divided into two major groups:

• Prokaryotic initiation factors
• Eukaryotic initiation factors

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• MeSH Initiation+Factor

v • d • e Protein biosynthesis: translation (prokaryotic, eukaryotic) Ribosomal proteins Initiation factor (Prokaryotic, Eukaryotic) - Elongation factor (Prokaryotic, Eukaryotic) - Release factor (Prokaryotic, Eukaryotic) - Ribosomal protein s6 Other concepts Aminoacyl tRNA synthetase - Reading frame - Start codon - Shine-Dalgarno sequence/Kozak consensus sequence