Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
nascent peptides, ribosome stalling, synthesis, stalling peptides
College
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Abstract
Ribosomes are molecular machines that synthesize all the proteins for all living cells. Ribosomes sometimes stall and cannot complete the synthesis of a given protein. Some peptides interact with the ribosome during their own translation and induce stalling.1 The SecM and TnaC peptides in E. coli, for example, have been found to play a key regulatory role in translation of genes found on the same mRNA.2
Recommended Citation
Parajuli, Shankar and Buskirk, Dr. Allen
(2014)
"Searching for Nascent Peptides that Cause Ribosome Stalling,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 1082.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/1082