FORMATION OF N-FORMYL-METHIONYL-PUROMYCIN BY INTACT CELLS OF 4 DIFFERENT BACTERIA AND A BLUE-GREEN ALGA

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作者
BACHMAYER, H
KREIL, G
机构
[1] Institute of Molecular Biology, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1090 Vienna
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
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10.1016/0005-2787(68)90011-7
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Intact procaryotic cells, incubated in the presence of puromycin and labelled methionine, synthesize N-formyl-methionyl-puromycin. This has been demonstrated with Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Micrococcus lysodeikticus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and with the blue-green alga Anacystis nidulans. The yield of N-formyl-methionyl-puromycin increases with the concentration of puromycin in the medium and is lowered by choramphenicol. According to present evidence this represents a simple in vivo test for chain initiators of protein biosynthesis. Possible applications of this approach are discussed. © 1968.
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