A Conserved Proline Triplet in Val-tRNA Synthetase and the Origin of Elongation Factor P

Bacterial ribosomes stall on polyproline stretches and require the elongation factor P (EF-P) to relieve the arrest. Yet it remains unclear why evolution has favored the development of EF-P rather than selecting against the occurrence of polyproline stretches in proteins. We have discovered that onl...

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Main Authors: Agata L. Starosta, Jürgen Lassak, Lauri Peil, Gemma C. Atkinson, Christopher J. Woolstenhulme, Kai Virumäe, Allen Buskirk, Tanel Tenson, Jaanus Remme, Kirsten Jung, Daniel N. Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-10-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124714007761