Plasmids 101: Biotinylation
Type
Blog Post
Published
Nov. 15, 2018, 1:50 p.m.
...an essential vitamin for life
Although biotin is most commonly known for its role in molecular biology... for life. Biotin is only synthesized by plants, most bacteria and some fungi, thus mammals must obtain... vitamin through external sources. Humans absorb most of the biotin they need in the small intestine from...specific post-translational protein modification. Most organisms have less than five enzymes in the entire...manipulated for a scientist’s intended purpose. Two of the most common uses of biotinylation in the lab are protein...