KEY TERMS

active site

amino acid

aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase

amino end

anticodon

A site

carboxyl end

charged tRNA

codon

decoding center

degenerate code

domain

E site

fibrous protein

globular protein

initiation factor

initiator

interactome

isoform

nuclear localization sequence (NLS)

peptidyltransferase center

polypeptide

primary structure

proteome

P site

quaternary structure

release factor (RF)

ribosomal RNA (rRNA)

ribosome

secondary structure

Shine-Dalgarno sequence

signal sequence

structure-based drug design

subunit

tertiary structure

transfer RNA (tRNA)

triplet

ubiquitin

ubiquitination

wobble

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