intein-mediated protein splicing

Term ID

GO:0016539

Synonyms

• intein

Definition

The removal of an internal amino acid sequence (an intein) from a protein during protein maturation; the excision of inteins is precise and the N- and C-terminal exteins are joined by a normal peptide bond. Protein splicing involves 4 nucleophilic displacements by the 3 conserved splice junction residues. 16305544

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO