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This questionsquestion came as a comment on a previous question regarding non-ribosomal peptide synthesis, and why Glutathione cannot be synthesized by the ribosome. In general, Glutathione has a "gamma" peptide bond, thus cannot be synthesized by the ribosome. However, is there an actual minimal length that ribosome can process?

I understand that the mRNA is more then just the codons, however, does isit still require a minimum set of condos, e.g., say 18 nucleotides(?), to produce a peptide?

This questions came as comment on a previous question regarding non-ribosomal peptide synthesis, and why Glutathione cannot be synthesized by the ribosome. In general Glutathione has a "gamma" peptide bond, thus cannot be synthesized by the ribosome. However, is there an actual minimal length that ribosome can process?

I understand that the mRNA is more then just the codons, however, does is still require a minimum set of condos e.g. 18 nucleotides(?) to produce a peptide?

This question came as a comment on a previous question regarding non-ribosomal peptide synthesis, and why Glutathione cannot be synthesized by the ribosome. In general, Glutathione has a "gamma" peptide bond, thus cannot be synthesized by the ribosome. However, is there an actual minimal length that ribosome can process?

I understand that the mRNA is more then just the codons, however, does it still require a minimum set of condos, e.g., say 18 nucleotides, to produce a peptide?

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What is the shortest mRNA the ribosome can read to produce a peptide?

This questions came as comment on a previous question regarding non-ribosomal peptide synthesis, and why Glutathione cannot be synthesized by the ribosome. In general Glutathione has a "gamma" peptide bond, thus cannot be synthesized by the ribosome. However, is there an actual minimal length that ribosome can process?

I understand that the mRNA is more then just the codons, however, does is still require a minimum set of condos e.g. 18 nucleotides(?) to produce a peptide?