Vectorial synthesis explained

Vectorial synthesis is synthesis of exported proteins by ribosomes in which the ribosome-nascent chain complex is bound directly to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the nascent peptide chain moves through the ER membrane as it emerges from the ribosome.[1]

References

  1. Book: Lackie , John M. . The Dictionary of Cell & Molecular Biology . 4th . 441 . . 2007 . 978-0-12-373986-5.

Further reading

Fuller-Pace, F., Peters, G., Dickson, C. Cell transformation by kFGF requires secretion but not glycosylation, Journal of Cell Biology (1991) 115 (2), pp. 547–555