vectorial synthesis

{{Short description|Type of synthesis of exported proteins}}

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.

{{cite book

| last = Lackie

| first = John M.

| title = The Dictionary of Cell & Molecular Biology

| edition = 4th

| page = 441

| publisher = Academic Press

| year = 2007

| isbn = 978-0-12-373986-5

}}