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. 1978 Mar;75(3):1071-5.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.75.3.1071.

Specific binding of tRNAMet to 23S rRNA of Escherichia coli

J E Dahlberg, C Kintner, E Lund

Specific binding of tRNAMet to 23S rRNA of Escherichia coli

J E Dahlberg et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1978 Mar.

Abstract

tRNAMetf binds to 23S rRNA of Escherichia coli, forming a complex with a melting temperature of 75 degrees (in 0.6 M NaCl). The regions within the RNAs that bind to each other have been isolated and their nucleotide sequences have been determined. The interacting region in tRNAMetf is 17 nucleotides long, extending from G5 in the acceptor stem to D21 (D = 5.6-dihydrouridine) in the D loop. The sequence in 23S rRNA is complementary to that sequence except for an extra Up in the middle and allowing a Gp.D base pair. We propose that association of these two sequences may play a role in initiation of protein synthesis by tRNAMetf. In addition, part of this sequence in 23S rRNA may also stabilize tRNA binding to the ribosome during elongation of nascent polypeptides.

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