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Isolation of Translating Ribosomes Containing Peptidyl-tRNAs for Functional and Structural Analyses
Published on: February 25, 2011
SmpB as the handyman of tmRNA during trans-translation
1Université de Rennes 1, INSER M U835-UPRE S EA2311, Laboratoire de Biochimie Pharmaceutique, Rennes, France.
Abstract:
In the recent years, a wealth of genetic, biochemical and structural data focusing on various steps of bacterial trans-translation was reported. The early events, from stalled ribosome recognition, pre-accommodation to translocation have been recently investigated in great details. In comparison, the later events including 'elongation-termination' onto tmRNA reading frame and ribosome recycling are much less known. What follows is a summary of those data together with our personal view of the dynamics of trans-translation, with emphasis to the pivotal and leading roles that the SmpB protein has, being the essential conductor during the whole process.
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