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- * Ribosomal protein S13 signature *
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- Ribosomal protein S13 is one of the proteins from the small ribosomal subunit.
- In Escherichia coli, S13 is known to be involved in binding fMet-tRNA and,
- hence, in the initiation of translation. It is a basic protein of 115 to 177
- amino-acid residues and belongs to a family of ribosomal proteins which, on
- the basis of sequence similarities [1,2], groups:
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- - Eubacterial S13.
- - Archaebacterial S13.
- - Plant mitochondrial S13.
- - Mammalian and plant S18.
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- As a signature pattern, we selected the best conserved regions in these
- proteins, located in their C-terminal part.
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- -Consensus pattern: R-G-[LIVMF]-R-H-x(2)-G-x(2)-[LIVM]-R-G-Q
- -Sequences known to belong to this class detected by the pattern: ALL.
- -Last update: June 1994 / Text revised.
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- [ 1] Chan Y.-L., Paz V., Wool I.G.
- Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 178:1212-1218(1991).
- [ 2] Otaka E., Hashimoto T., Mizuta K.
- Protein Seq. Data Anal. 5:285-300(1993).
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