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Peroxisomal targeting signal
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<p>In biochemical <a href="/facts/Protein_targeting/R3B37xMM">protein targeting</a>, a peroxisomal targeting signal (PTS) is a region of the <a href="/facts/Peroxisome/sEW1RBmb">peroxisomal</a> <a href="/facts/Protein/Jxmagu3E">protein</a> that <a href="/facts/Receptor_(biochemistry)/tjTAC76a">receptors</a> recognize and bind to. It is responsible for specifying that proteins containing this <a href="/facts/Short_linear_motif/EqU80U6g">motif</a> are localised to the peroxisome. </p>