N-Formylmethionine |
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| N Formylmethionine; Formylmethionine, N | |
| Effective in the initiation of protein synthesis. The initiating methionine residue enters the ribosome as N-formylmethionyl tRNA. This process occurs in Escherichia coli and other bacteria as well as in the mitochondria of eucaryotic cells. | |