Physiology of tmRNA: what gets tagged and why?
Journal
  Current opinion in microbiology.
Citation
  Curr Opin Microbiol. 10(2):169-75
Publication date
  2007 Apr
Authors
  Keiler KC
Investigators
  Kenneth Keiler
Grant agencies
  National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Grants
  NIGMS GM068720
Abstract
  Transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA) enters stalled translational complexes and, with small protein B (SmpB), mediates peptide tagging of the nascent protein and release of the stalled ribosome. Recent studies clarify how the tmRNA system is targeted to ribosomes and suggest that tmRNA-tagging is used for both quality control and specific regulation of cellular physiology.