Initiation of protein synthesis in vitro by a clostridial system. I. Specificity in the translation of natural messenger ribonucleic acids.
Initiation of protein synthesis in vitro by a clostridial system. I. Specificity in the translation of natural messenger ribonucleic acids.
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梭菌系统在体外启动蛋白质合成。
DOI:
10.1016/s0021-9258(19)44030-1
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发表时间:
1973
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
J. Rabinowitz
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作者:
M. Stallcup;J. Rabinowitz
A messenger RNA preparation fromClostridium pasteurianumis active in stimulating protein synthesisin vitroby ribosomes and initiation factors derived fromC. pasteurianumor fromEscherichia coli. Other messengers tested, f2 RNA, T4 early mRNA, andE. colimRNA, are active with ribosomes and initiation factors derived fromE. coli, but not with those derived fromC. pasteurianum. By testing the heterologous combinations of salt-washed ribosomes and initiation factors from these two bacterial species in protein synthesis assays, it was demonstrated that the salt-washed ribosomes, and not the initiation factors, control the specificity of mRNA translation and also determine the characteristic magnesium optimum for protein synthesis. The initiation factors influence the efficiency of translation obtained with each type of mRNA. The relative efficiency of translation observed when usingE. coliinitiation factors and when usingC. pasteurianuminitiation factors varies with the different types of mRNA.The heterologous combinations of salt-washed ribosomes and initiation factors from the two bacterial species were also tested for their ability to bind fMet-tRNA in response to f2 RNA, T4 early mRNA, andC. pasteurianummRNA. These assays demonstrated the same difference in messenger specificities between the two ribosomal systems as was found in the protein synthesis assays. Moreover, the results indicated, in agreement with the protein synthesis assays, that the salt-washed ribosomes, and not the initiation factors, control the specificity of mRNA recognition.