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. 1976 Jun;126(3):1042–1051. doi: 10.1128/jb.126.3.1042-1051.1976

Amino acid starvation in Escherichia coli K-12: characteristics of the translation process.

C S Subrahmanyam, H K Das
PMCID: PMC233124  PMID: 780337

Abstract

Some characteristics of the translation process during amino acid starvation in Escherichia coli have been examined. Once starvation has been established, premature termination of polypeptides is negligible and complete proteins are formed. There is some preference for the synthesis of shorter proteins. The number of ribosomes involved in protein synthesis appears to decline to about half during amino acid-starvation. The assembly time of proteins during amino acid starvation is increased to only about fourfold, though protein synthesis maintained by turnover is reduced to 10%. To explain these observations, a model has been proposed for the course of events that possibly take place from the onset of starvation.

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