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  • Title: Determination of the amounts of protein synthesis initiation factors required for translation of rabbit alpha-globin and beta-globin mRNAs.
    Author: Timmer RT, Benkowski LA, Ravel JM, Browning KS.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1995 May 16; 210(2):370-7. PubMed ID: 7654276.
    Abstract:
    alpha-Globin mRNA was translated at 60-80% of the rate of beta-globin mRNA in a rabbit reticulocyte lysate, a wheat germ S30 and in a wheat germ partially purified system. The concentrations of the initiation factors (eIF-) required to obtain half-maximal rate of translation (C0.5) of these mRNAs were determined in the partially purified system from wheat germ. The C0.5s of eIF-3, eIF-2 and eIF-4F were found to be about the same. The C0.5s of eIF-4C and eIF-4A for alpha-globin mRNA were only slightly higher (1.5-fold) than those of beta-globin mRNA. The C0.5 for eIF-4B was 2.5-fold higher for alpha-globin mRNA. Addition of saturating amounts of these initiation factors to either the S-30 system or the partially purified system did not increase the rate of translation of alpha-globin mRNA. These results indicate that the difference in the rate of translation of alpha- and beta-globin mRNAs is not due solely to the amounts of factors required.
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