2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Elucidation of production mechanism of peptidyl-tRNAs dropped from ribosomes in bacterial translation system
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23780102
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Applied biochemistry
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
NAGAO Asuteka 東京大学, 大学院・工学系研究科, 助教 (30588017)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 遺伝子発現 / 翻訳 |
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| Research Abstract |
We directly analyzed and characterized peptidyl-tRNAs which were dissociated from the ribosome during elongation by using LC/MS analyses and RNA isolation technique. When each individual pep-tRNA was isolated and analyzed in detail, we found that noncognate peptidyl-tRNAs whose nascent chains didn’t match any of E.coli genes were also dropped from the ribosome. This suggested a novel quality control mechanism after peptidyltransfer reaction, namely noncognate peptidyl-tRNAs can berejected from the ribosome.
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Research Products
(2 results)
