Article
SRP samples nascent chains for the presence of signal sequences by interacting with ribosomes at a discrete step during translation elongation.
Cell - 30 Jun 1995
Ogg S C, Walter P
Abstract excerpt
The signal recognition particle (SRP) binds to ribosomes that synthesize nascent chains bearing signal sequences and catalyzes their targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum membrane. In S. cerevisiae, a temperature-sensitive mutation in the SEC65 gene, encoding an SRP subunit, results in lowered levels of SRP. Growth and protein translocation defects induced by this mutation can be suppressed specifically by...
Topics
- Animals
- Cycloheximide
- Endoplasmic Reticulum
- Fungal Proteins
- Genes, Fungal
- Genotype
- Kinetics
- Macromolecular Substances
- Mammals
- Mutagenesis
- Peptide Chain Elongation, Translational
