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Stop codons preceded by rare arginine codons are efficient determinants of SsrA tagging in Escherichia coli.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Mar 2002
Hayes Christopher S, Bose Baundauna, Sauer Robert T
Abstract excerpt
The SsrA or tmRNA quality control system intervenes when ribosomes stall on mRNAs and directs the addition of a C-terminal peptide tag that targets the modified polypeptide for degradation. Although hundreds of SsrA-tagged proteins can be detected in cells when degradation is prevented, most of these species have not been identified. Consequently, the mRNA sequence determinants that cause ribosome stalling and...
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