EFFECT OF TRNA CONCENTRATION ON RATE OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
EFFECT OF TRNA CONCENTRATION ON RATE OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.62.2.566
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发表时间:
1969-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
ANDERSON, WF
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作者:
ANDERSON, WF
Twoin vitroprotein-synthesizing systems derived fromE. colihave been utilized to demonstrate that the concentration of a tRNA species can regulate the rate of translation of a messenger RNA. (a) The rate of poly-U-directed C14-phenylalanine incorporation into protein is stimulated by concentrations of tRNAPhefrom 1.5 × 10-8M to 3.0 × 10-6M, the latter representing a tRNAPhe/70Sribosome ratio of 7. (b) The rate of translation of poly A,G in a S-30 protein-synthesizing system derived fromE. coliis limited by the amount of tRNAArgrecognizing the codewords AGA and AGG present in the extract. Polypeptide synthesis can be stimulated in direct proportion to the amount of this tRNAArgspecies added to the reaction mixture. A mechanism for regulating the rate of protein synthesis at the translational level may be the slowing of polypeptide chain propagation at certain codons due to the presence of rate-limiting tRNA species.