[Synthesis of ovalbumin and globin during simultaneous translation of their mRNA in the presence of tRNA of different origin in the cell-free protein-synthesizing system from wheat germ]

Abstract

Competition among ovalbumin and globin mRNA under their simultaneous translation in the tRNA-dependent cell-free system from wheat germ was studied. One of the mRNAs was added to samples in a constant amount, that provided 50% protein synthesis level of the maximum, other--in increasing amount (from 0 to the maximum). The ration of ovalbumin and globin synthesis rates has been shown to depend essentially (1.5-2 fold) on the nature of tRNA, being added to the system. The obtained data suggest that functional adaptation of tRNA is a part of the mechanism of protein biosynthesis regulation and it is possible to modulate some mRNAs translation selectivity on the elongation by different sets of tRNA.