signal peptide
Molecular Biol.
noun
A short discrete amino acid sequence which occurs (usually at the amino terminus) in many newly synthesized proteins and acts to direct their movement to specific locations within the cell, typically being cleaved from the mature protein.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in Journal of Cell Biology.
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