ResQ, a release factor-dependent ribosome rescue factor in the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis
Naomi Shimokawa-Chiba, Claudia Müller, Keigo Fujiwara, Bertrand Beckert, Koreaki Ito, Daniel N. Wilson, Shinobu Chiba
The paper identifies ResQ as a release factor-dependent ribosome rescue factor in Bacillus subtilis, showing it is essential for growth and functions by recruiting RF2 to stalled ribosomes.
Nature Communications · Nov 27, 2019Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology