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The essential role of the invariant GGQ motif in the function and stability <i>in vivo</i> of bacterial release factors RF1 and RF2
18 Dec 2002
Abstract excerpt
Release factors RF1 and RF2 are required in bacteria for the cleavage of peptidyl-tRNA. A single sequence motif, GGQ, is conserved in all eubacterial, archaebacterial and eukaryotic release factors and may mimic the CCA end of tRNA, although the position of the motif in the crystal structures of human eRF1 and Escherichia coli RF2 is strikingly different. Mutations have been introduced at each of the three...
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