The Highly Conserved LepA Is a Ribosomal Elongation Factor that Back-Translocates the Ribosome
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The Highly Conserved LepA Is a Ribosomal Elongation Factor that Back-Translocates the Ribosome
The ribosomal elongation cycle describes a series of reactions prolonging the nascent polypeptide chain by one amino acid and driven by two universal elongation factors termed EF-Tu and EF-G in bacteria. Here we demonstrate that the extremely conserved LepA protein, present in all bacteria and mitochondria, is a third elongation factor required for accurate and efficient protein synthesis. LepA...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cell
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0092-8674
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2006.09.037