A newly-identified mini-hairpin shaped nascent peptide blocks translation termination by a novel mechanism.
Y. Ando, Akinao Kobo, Tatsuya Niwa, Ayako Yamakawa, Suzuna Konoma, Yuki Kobayashi, Osamu Nureki, Hideki Taguchi, Yuzuru Itoh, Yuhei Chadani
The paper identifies two novel ribosome arrest peptides in E. coli and elucidates their unique mechanism of translation arrest.
bioRxiv · May 31, 2024 · PreprintMolecular Biology