The Proteasome: The Cell’s Trash Processor in Action
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This animation shows how the proteasome breaks down damaged or unwanted proteins into bits that the cell can re-use to make new proteins. Appeared in Biomedical Beat—April 22, 2016 [https://biobeat.nigms.nih.gov/2016/04/the-proteasome-the-cells-trash-processor-in-action/]. Credit: Andreas Martin, University of California, Berkeley.
