Back-translocation in Protein Synthesis / 生物化学与生物物理进展

ABSTRACT

During the translation process, aminoacyl tRNA enters the ribosome, decoding the codon on the mRNA and brings the mRNA moving forward towards the 5′ direction of mRNA, until the de-acylated tRNA leaves the ribosome, it moves through the ribosome in one direction. Recently, with the finding and identification of the highly conserved protein LepA, a new kind of tRNA movement inside the ribosome, namely the back-transloation of the tRNAs and mRNA in the direction of mRNA 3′ is discovered. With the in-depth research, the physiological meaning behind the back-translocation for the translational efficiency and fidelity has been studied.