lecture 22 Flashcards
ribosomes are the
protein factories within cells
ribosomes are present in the
cytosol of all cells
matrix of mitochondria
stroma of chloroplast
ribosome provides environemnt for
interaction of tRNAs and mRNA and catalyzes peptide bond formation
RNA-protein complex
ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) and ribosomal RNAs (rRNA)
eukaryotic ribosome
80S
- 60 S
- 40 S
bacterial ribosome
70 S
- 50S
- 30S
small subunit contains the
deconding center
decoding center
where aminoacetylated tRNAs “read” the genetic code by base pairing with each triplet codon in the mRNA
large subunit contains the
peptidyl transferase center
(active site)
peptidyl transferase
catalyzes peptide bond formation between adjacent amino acids in a growing polypeptide chain
the ribosome is a ribozyme
ribosomal RNA has a fundamental importance in catalyzing protein synthesis
- deproteinized ribosome retains peptidyl transferase activity
- there is no protein within the peptidyl transferase active site in the cyrstal structure of the 50S ribosomal subunit
ribosomal RNA, not protein
is responsible for catalysis of peptide bond formation
stages of translation
- activation of amino acids
- initiation
- elongation
- termination
- protein folding
initation
involves assembly if active ribosome with mRNA and the first aminoacyl-tRNA before 1st peptide bond formaiton
elongation
all reactions from 1st to last peptide bond formation