Polycistronic mRNA

Polycistronic mRNA (fig. 1) is a messenger RNA molecule that encodes the sequence for more than one protein usually with a related funcion. This molecule emerges from the transcription of operons which are a set of several genes activated by the same promotor. It acts on the translation process (protein synthesis) in procaryotes. In some cases, this messenger RNA can be cleaved into individual messengers that can be translated individually.

                                   

                                                                                          1. Prokaryotic polycistronic transcription unit

Licenciatura em Bioquímica, 2º ano:

Grupo 1 PL3

Ana Isabel Baptista

Bruna Basto

Eduarda Gomes

Gonçalo Carvalho

Luís Peixoto

Tiago Gião