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Gramicidin S-Synthetase: On the Structure of a Polyenzyme Template in Polypeptide Synthesis

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In the pre-RNA history of protein biosynthesis two models of protein formation were proposed (Campbell and Work 1953): Enzymic transpeptidation and the “template theory”.

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  1. Max-Volmer-Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Molekularbiologie, Technische Universität Berlin, 1000, Berlin 10, Germany

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Kleinkauf, H., Koischwitz, H. (1980). Gramicidin S-Synthetase: On the Structure of a Polyenzyme Template in Polypeptide Synthesis. In: Chapeville, F., Haenni, AL. (eds) Chemical Recognition in Biology. Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, vol 32. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81503-4_17

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