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Mechanism of recycling of post-termination ribosomal complexes in eubacteria: a new role of initiation factor 3

Seshadri, Anuradha and Varshney, Umesh (2006) Mechanism of recycling of post-termination ribosomal complexes in eubacteria: a new role of initiation factor 3. In: Journal Of Biosciences, 31 (2). pp. 281-289.

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Abstract

Ribosome recycling is a process which dissociates the post-termination complexes (post-TC) consisting of mRNA-bound ribosomes harbouring deacylated tRNA(s). Ribosome recycling factor (RRF), and elongation factor G (EFG) participate in this crucial process to free the ribosomal subunits for a new round of translation. We discuss the overall pathway of ribosome recycling in eubacteria with especial reference to the important role of the initiation factor 3 (IF3) in this process. Depending on the step(s) at which IF3 function is implicated, three models have been proposed. In model 1, RRF and EFG dissociate the post-TCs into the 50S and 30S subunits, mRNA and tRNA(s). In this model, IF3, which binds to the 30S subunit, merely keeps the dissociated subunits apart by its anti-association activity. In model 2, RRF and EFG separate the 50S subunit from the post-TC. IF3 then dissociates the remaining complex of mRNA, tRNA and the 30S subunit, and keeps the ribosomal subunits apart from each other. However, in model 3, both the genetic and biochemical evidence support a more active role for IF3 even at the step of dissociation of the post-TC by RRF and EFG into the 50S and 30S subunits.

Item Type: Journal Article
Publication: Journal Of Biosciences
Publisher: Indian Academy of Sciences
Additional Information: Copyright of this article belongs toIndian Academy of Sciences.
Keywords: EFG;IF3;post-TC;protein synthesis;RF;specific interactions.
Department/Centre: Division of Biological Sciences > Microbiology & Cell Biology
Date Deposited: 01 Apr 2009 04:32
Last Modified: 19 Sep 2010 04:59
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/18065

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