Swift Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences (SJMMS)
September 2016 Vol. 2(5), pp. 049-051
ISSN: 2986-9803
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Original Research Paper

Sites of Location of Ribosomes in the Bacterial Cell

Frank Mayer

Seerosenweg 1a DE-26160 Bad Zwischenahn, Germany

*Corresponding Author E-mail: fmayer12@gmx.de

Accepted 29th August, 2016

Ribosomes, the macromolecular machines that are responsible for mRNA translation into proteins, are described both as complexes freely floating in the cytosol both in eukaryotes and in prokaryotes, and “membrane-bound” to the endoplasmic reticulum in eukaryotes and to the inner face of the cytoplasmic membrane in prokaryotes. For mRNA translation into proteins in bacteria, their cooperation with an elongation factor - EF-Tu in bacteria - is needed. The present communication discusses whether bacterial ribosomes, when active in elongation, might form transient complexes with EF-Tu copies integrated into or bound to filaments that exhibit characteristic features of bacterial cytoskeletons.

Keywords: Ribosome. Cellular location. Eukaryotic cells. Prokaryotic cells. Interaction with EF-Tu. Interaction with cytoskeletal elements?

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Frank Mayer. Sites of Location of Ribosomes in the Bacterial Cell. Swift Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences 2(5), pp. 049-051.