NAC protein folding (IMAGE)

Heidelberg University

NAC protein folding

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An illustration showing how the nascent polypeptide-associated complex (NAC, green) at the ribosome (blue) helps the amino acid chain (white) to fold into a protein.

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© Masa Predin, Adrian Bothe and Nenad Ban (ETH Zurich)

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