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There are specific transports for specific biological compounds and what not. So I was wondering if there were specific protein transport for each specific amino acid, or just one protein transport for all.

2006-11-13 13:26:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Biology

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You should specify for which organism.
As far as I know for E.coli. There are some transporters that are specific to groups of amino acids, but not to a single amino acid.
There is also a periplasmic binding protein which is specific for leucine. It binds leucine and then loads it into an amino acid channel. So in a way in some cases you have very specific subunits/intermediates combined with a less specific pathway.

2006-11-13 23:15:00 · answer #1 · answered by bellerophon 6 · 0 0

there are specific transports mostly done by tRNA though but depends on what kind of protein they are going to make and when the protein is needed etc

2006-11-13 21:29:27 · answer #2 · answered by ClevelandSportsFan 3 · 0 0

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