formylmethionine- tRNA

tRNA specific for methionine which can be formylated to give formylmethionyl tRNA

Also Known As:

tRNA, formylmethionine-; Met-tRNA(f); formyl-Met-tRNA; formylmethionine-tRNA; formylmethionyl-tRNA; tRNA(fMet)

Networked: 3 relevant articles (0 outcomes, 0 trials/studies)

1.	Starvation 10/01/1990 - "The ability of the initiation factor eIF-2 in skeletal muscle extracts to form ternary initiation complexes ([Met-tRNA(f).eIF-2.GDP]) is decreased by either starvation or diabetes. "
2.	Neoplasms (Cancer) 04/11/1972 - "Function of Met-tRNA fMet and Met-tRNA Met in peptide-chain elongation in cell-free systems from mouse-liver and ascites-tumor cells."
3.	Male Infertility (Male Sterility) 11/01/1992 - "Sequence analysis of the Ogura-specific mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) fragment isolated previously from Brassica cybrids carrying Ogura cytoplasmic male sterility (cms) revealed a tRNA(fMet) sequence, a putative 138 amino acid open reading frame (orf138), and a 158 amino acid ORF (orf158) previously observed in mitochondrial genomes from several other plant species. "
4.	Ascites 04/11/1972 - "Function of Met-tRNA fMet and Met-tRNA Met in peptide-chain elongation in cell-free systems from mouse-liver and ascites-tumor cells."

1.	Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2 (EIF 2)
2.	Met Transfer RNA
3.	Peptides (Polypeptides)
4.	Peptide Initiation Factors (Initiation Factor)
5.	Guanosine Diphosphate (GDP)
6.	Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
7.	Amino Acids