Article
GTP hydrolysis by eRF3 facilitates stop codon decoding during eukaryotic translation termination.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Sept 2004
Salas-Marco Joe, Bedwell David M
Abstract excerpt
Translation termination in eukaryotes is mediated by two release factors, eRF1 and eRF3. eRF1 recognizes each of the three stop codons (UAG, UAA, and UGA) and facilitates release of the nascent polypeptide chain. eRF3 is a GTPase that stimulates the translation termination process by a poorly characterized mechanism. In this study, we examined the functional importance of GTP hydrolysis by eRF3 in Saccharomyces...
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- Base Sequence
- Cell Survival
- Codon, Terminator
- GTP Phosphohydrolases
- Guanosine Triphosphate
- Mutation
- Peptide Chain Termination, Translational
