Ribosomal protein L11 is one of only two ribosomal proteins significantly iodinated when Escherichia coli 50 S subunits are modified by immobilized lactoperoxidase, and the major target has been shown previously to be tyrosine at position 7 in the N-terminal domain. This modification reduces in vitro termination activity with release factor (RF)-1 by 70-90%, but RF-2 activity is less affected (...
