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Abstract
The role of methionine in protein chain initiation in wheat has been studied. Two chain-initiating methionine tRNAs have been found. One of these is located in the cytoplasm of the wheat cell. This methionyl-tRNA is not formylated by wheat extracts and appears to function in protein chain initiation in the cytoplasm without prior formylation. The other initiating tRNA is from chloroplasts. This methionyl-tRNA is formylated by a transformylase present in wheat extracts and functions in chain initiation in chloroplasts as formylmethionyl-tRNA.Entities:
Year: 1970 PMID: 16591887 PMCID: PMC283395 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.67.3.1593
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205