Signal peptide
Short peptide present at N-terminal of newly synthesized proteins / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A signal peptide (sometimes referred to as signal sequence, targeting signal, localization signal, localization sequence, transit peptide, leader sequence or leader peptide) is a short peptide (usually 16-30 amino acids long)[1] present at the N-terminus (or occasionally nonclassically at the C-terminus[2] or internally) of most newly synthesized proteins that are destined toward the secretory pathway.[3] These proteins include those that reside either inside certain organelles (the endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi or endosomes), secreted from the cell, or inserted into most cellular membranes. Although most type I membrane-bound proteins have signal peptides, most type II and multi-spanning membrane-bound proteins are targeted to the secretory pathway by their first transmembrane domain, which biochemically resembles a signal sequence except that it is not cleaved. They are a kind of target peptide.