Structure and Function of Bacterial Initiation Factors

Title: Structure and Function of Bacterial Initiation Factors

Volume: 3 Issue: 1

Author(s): R. Boelens and C. O. Gualerzi

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Keywords: protein synthesis, translation initiation process, initiatio factorif1, initiatio factorif2, initiatio factorif3, Topography

Abstract: Bacteria require three initiation factors, IF1, IF2 and IF3, to start protein synthesis. In the last few years the elucidation of both structural and mechanistic aspects pertaining to these proteins has made substantial progress. In this article we outline the translation initiation process in bacteria and review these recent developments giving a summary of the main features of the structure and function of the initiation factors.

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Boelens R. and Gualerzi O. C., Structure and Function of Bacterial Initiation Factors, Current Protein & Peptide Science 2002; 3 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389203023380765

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1389203023380765	Print ISSN 1389-2037
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 1875-5550