Fig. 1. Catalytic activity of ArfB on 70S ribosomes with mRNAs of different lengths and sequences.
a Schematic of ribosome complexes programmed with mRNAs that extend 0-21 nucleotides beyond the P site (AUG codon). b Time courses of ArfB-catalyzed [35S]-fMet release from 70S complexes with mRNAs with or without poly-adenosine overhangs. CPM readout was normalized relative to the signal for the mRNA with no overhang (AUG) at 1 h (N = 3 independent experiments). c Apparent rates (v0) of ArfB-catalyzed fMet release from ribosomes with mRNAs containing poly-pyrimidine (denoted Y), poly-A, and poly-arginine/leucine-encoding sequences (codons listed) of different lengths (N.D. not detected). (Error bars represent errors of fit from N = 3 independent experiments).