Post-translational_regulation

Post-translational regulation

Post-translational regulation

Control of the levels of active protein

Not to be confused with Post-transcriptional regulation.

Post-translational regulation refers to the control of the levels of active protein.

There are several forms.[1]

It is performed either by means of reversible events (posttranslational modifications, such as phosphorylation or sequestration) or by means of irreversible events (proteolysis).

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Wolfgang Schumann; Wolfgang Schumann (Prof. Dr. rer. nat.) (2006). Dynamics of the bacterial chromosome: structure and function. Wiley-VCH. pp. 266–. ISBN 978-3-527-30496-7. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
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