Biopolym. Cell. 1989; 5(1):80-83.
http://dx.doi.org/10.7124/bc.000097
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Initiation factor 3 (IF-3) of Escherichia coli is a substrate for Leu(Phe)-tRNA-protein transferase
1Belitsina N. V.
  1. A. N. Bakh Institute of Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR
    Moscow, USSR

Abstract

Initiation factor 3 (IF-3) of Escherichia coli is a substrate for Leu(Phe)-tRNA-protehl transferase (EC 2.3.2.6). Of the two polypeptide chains, only the short one (β or s) can be modified by the attachment of leucine, phenylalanine or methionine to the N-terminal amino acid residue of the chain.
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