Figure 7.
Effect of the length of the 3′ extension of mRNA on PTH activity. (A) mRNA sequences used in PTH assay. (B) The level of N-formyl-[14C]Met hydrolyzed from N-formyl-[14C]Met-tRNAfMet in the P-site of the ribosome stalled on mRNA extended 0, 3, 9, 15 or 21 nucleotides from the P-site codon was measured. Stalled ribosome that contains 70S ribosome, mRNA and N-formyl-[14C] Met-tRNAfMet was mixed with ArfA and RF2. At specified times, N-formyl-[14C]Met was extracted by ethyl acetate and radioactivity was measured by a liquid scintillation counter.