Ribosomal protein S15 represses its own translation via adaptation of an rRNA-like fold within its mRNA

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1898-1908

  Serganov, Alexander ^a   Polonskaia, Ann ^a   Ehresmann, Bernard ^b   Ehresmann, Chantal ^b   Patel, Dinshaw J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b INST DE BIOL MOLEC ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Induced fit mechanism; Molecular mimicry; Ribosomal protein S15; RNA protein interaction; Translational regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN S 15; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONFORMATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN FOOTPRINTING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROKARYOTA; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 0037447159     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg170     Document Type: Article

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