Resistance of bacterial protein synthesis to double-stranded RNA

Gilbert Jay*, William R. Abrams, Raymond Kaempfer

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Abstract

Double-stranded RNA fails to inhibit the formation of translation initiation complexes on R17 bacteriophage RNA, overall synthesis of R17 proteins, or the ability of bacterial initiation factor IF-3 to prevent the association of 30S and 50S ribosomal subunits into single ribosomes. Yet, IF-3 can form complexes with double-stranded RNA. However, IF-3 binds to double-stranded RNA with lower apparent affinity than to either R17 RNA or 30S ribosomal subunits; this may explain the resistance of bacterial protein synthesis to double-stranded RNA.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1357-1364
Number of pages8
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume60
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Oct 1974
Externally publishedYes

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