Bernal S D, Blumberg B M, Nakamoto T
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1974 Mar;71(3):774-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.71.3.774.
Initiation factor 3 is required, along with initiation factors 1 and 2, for the incorporation of N-acetylphenylalanine into polypeptides and the formation of N-acetylphenylalanylpuromycin. Initiation factor 3 also strongly stimulates the binding of N-acetylphenylalanyl transfer RNA to isolated 30S ribosomal subunits. Phosphocellulose fractions of initiation factor 3 were found to catalyze N-acetylphenylalanine incorporation differentially with different synthetic messenger RNAs not containing any codons for N-formylmethionine. The results suggest that ribosomes recognize the initiator codon only through the initiator transfer RNA.
起始因子3与起始因子1和2一起,是将N - 乙酰苯丙氨酸掺入多肽以及形成N - 乙酰苯丙氨酰嘌呤霉素所必需的。起始因子3还强烈刺激N - 乙酰苯丙氨酰转移RNA与分离的30S核糖体亚基的结合。发现起始因子3的磷酸纤维素级分对不同的不含N - 甲酰甲硫氨酸密码子的合成信使RNA催化N - 乙酰苯丙氨酸掺入的情况有所不同。结果表明核糖体仅通过起始转移RNA识别起始密码子。