STIMULATION OF PROTEIN-SYNTHESIS BY LYSINE ANALOGS IN LYSINE-DEPRIVED EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR-CELLS
STIMULATION OF PROTEIN-SYNTHESIS BY LYSINE ANALOGS IN LYSINE-DEPRIVED EHRLICH ASCITES TUMOR-CELLS
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DOI:
10.1016/0167-4889(84)90093-4
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
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CLEMENS, MJ
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AUSTIN, SA;CLEMENS, MJ
The mechanism by which amino acid starvation regulates the initiation of protein synthesis in mammalian cells was investigated. The ability of a range of lysine analogs to stimulate protein synthesis in lysine-deprived mouse Ehrlich ascites tumor cells in culture was examined. Of those analogs tested, only those which are cleaved to lysine intracellularly are capable of restoring protein synthesis to the level seen in fully fed cells. Lysine which is covalently linked to agarose does not stimulate translation. After 5 min incubation of lysine-deprived cells with the analog lysine p-nitroanilide, the lysine concentration in cell extracts is restored to that found in extracts from fed cells, and protein synthesis is maximally stimulated within 5-10 min. During this period of time there is no increase in the concentration of lysine in the medium. It is probably the size of the intracellular rather than the extracellular amino acid pool which regulates the rate of protein synthesis during amino acid deprivation.