Common location of determinants in initiator transfer RNAs for initiator-elongator discrimination in bacteria and in eukaryotes.

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Initiator tRNAs are used exclusively for initiation of protein synthesis and not for elongation. We show that both Escherichia coli and eukaryotic initiator tRNAs have negative determinants, at the same positions, that block their activity in elongation. The primary negative determinant in E. coli initiator tRNA is the C1xA72 mismatch at the end of the acceptor stem. The primary negative determinant in eukaryotic...

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