Bacterial initiation factor 1
= Bacterial initiation factor 1
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Bacterial Initiation Factor 1 (IF1) is a protein that plays a critical role in the initiation of translation in bacteria. It is a part of the machinery that helps initiate protein synthesis by facilitating the formation of the initiation complex between ribosomal subunits and the messenger RNA (mRNA).