| Literature DB >> 8287975 |
N V Tzareva1, V I Makhno, I V Boni.
Abstract
In an attempt to understand how Escherichia coli ribosomes recognize the initiator codon on mRNAs lacking the Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequence, we have studied 30S initiation complex formation in extension inhibition (toeprinting) experiments using (-SD)mRNAs which are known to be reliably translated in E. coli: the plant viral messenger A1MV RNA 4 and two chimaeric mRNAs coding for beta-glucuronidase (GUS) and bearing the 5'-untranslated sequence of TMV RNA (omega) or the omega-derived sequence (CAA)n as 5'-leaders. Ribosomal protein S1 and IF3 have been found to be indispensable for translational initiation. Protein S1 appears to be a key recognition element. S1 binds to sequences within the leaders of (-SD)mRNAs thus providing their affinity to E. coli ribosomes.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 8287975 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(94)80271-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124