A paradigm for ribosome fidelity modulation in protein synthesis |
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Authors: | H W Schaup |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The ribosome, an integral component of the protein synthetic apparatus, plays a role in mediating the fidelity of the translation of genetic information. It is proposed here that ribosome fidelity modulation can be achieved in part through ribosomal RNA interactions with messenger RNA. These nucleic acid interactions generate alterations in the configuration of the ribosome which enhance the particles affinity for classes on specific transfer RNAs. These changes are directly related to the information content of a given messenger RNA which is being translated and yield an increase in the fidelity of translation. The molecular mechanism for effecting the ribosomal structural changes in response to the genetic code is described and correlated with the properties of ribosomal proteins and transfer RNAs. |
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