Peptide chain initiation with chemically formylated Met-tRNAs from E. coli and yeast |
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Authors: | J Drews H Grasmuk F M Unger |
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Institution: | SANDOZ Forschungsinstitut Gesellschaft m. b. H. A - 1235 Vienna, Austria |
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Abstract: | Chemically formylated Met-tRNAmMet and Met-tRNAfMet species from and yeast were tested for their capacity to serve as chain-initiators in a cell-free system from . In the presence of R 17 mRNA, initiation factors and ribosomes, all four Met-tRNAs could form functional initiation complexes as measured by ribosomal binding kinetics, fMet-puromycin formation and synthesis of a dipeptide fMet-Ala. Unformylated Met-tRNAfMet from displayed significantly less activity as a peptide chain-initiator than the formylated Met-tRNAmMet species from and yeast. Although the latter tRNAs were less effective initiators than the “physiological” initiator tRNAs, the data seem to indicate that a blocked α-amino group represents the major token of identification by which Met-tRNA is admitted to function in peptide chain initiation. |
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