Characterization of GTP and Aminoacyl-tRNA Binding to Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2 and Elongation Factor 1

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Senior Thesis

Publication Date

5-1991

Abstract

Eukaryotic protein synthesis requires two protein factors which bind aminoacyl-tRNA in a GTP-dependent manner. One, initiation factor 2 (eIF-2), binds only the initiator Met-tRNAi and carries it to the 40S subunit of the ribosome. The other, elongation factor 1α (EF-1α) binds all other aminoacyl-tRNAs to the elongating 80S ribosome. The goal of this thesis is to characterize the structural aspects of these proteins.

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