{"title":"Peptideins: Navigating the gray zone of the proteome","authors":"Giulia Pesce, Salvador Ventura","doi":"10.1016/j.tibs.2026.06.004","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Translated sequences are often treated as either genes or noise. A recent TransCODE Consortium study by <span><span>Deutsch <em>et al</em>.</span><svg><path></path></svg></span> introduces peptideins: endogenous proteins with evidence of synthesis but an unresolved biological status. This concept offers a cautious way to expand the human proteome while preserving the distinction between translation, molecular detection, and function.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":440,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Biochemical Sciences","volume":"51 9","pages":"Pages 862-864"},"PeriodicalIF":14.4000,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Trends in Biochemical Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968000426001805","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/7/2 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Translated sequences are often treated as either genes or noise. A recent TransCODE Consortium study by Deutsch et al. introduces peptideins: endogenous proteins with evidence of synthesis but an unresolved biological status. This concept offers a cautious way to expand the human proteome while preserving the distinction between translation, molecular detection, and function.
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