Protein Synthesis and the Genetic Code II 25 October 2013
The three steps of translation Initiation Elongation Termination
Reminder: Ribosome structure
Initiation - Prokaryotes
Polycistronic mRNA in bacteria Shine-Dalgarno sequence: AGGAGGU
Initiation - Prokaryotes
Initiation and addition of 2 nd AA
Initiation - eukaryotes
Elongation Cycle
Peptide Bond Formation
Catalytic site on the rRNA
Elongation Cycle
Role of EF-Tu
Role of EF-G
Termination RRF: ribosome release factor
Termination in more detail RRF: ribosome release factor
Translational recoding
Translational frameshift
Antibiotics and Translation Tetracyclin : blocks binding of aminoacyl- tRNA to the ribosome. Chloramphenicol : Inhibits peptidyl- transferase activity of the ribosome Erythromycin : Blocks ribosome translocation movements.
Puromycin resembles an aminoacyl-tRNA