Suppressor mutations in ribosomal proteins and FliY restore Bacillus subtilis swarming motility in the absence of EF-P.

Translation elongation factor P (EF-P) alleviates ribosome pausing at a subset of motifs encoding consecutive proline residues, and is required for growth in many organisms. Here we show that Bacillus subtilis EF-P also alleviates ribosome pausing at sequences encoding tandem prolines and ribosomes...

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Main Authors: Katherine R Hummels, Daniel B Kearns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-06-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1008179