Protein Synthesis During Fungal Spore Germination. IV. Transfer Ribonucleic Acid from Germinated and Ungerminated Spores

Authors

James L. Van Etten, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
R. Kent Koski, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Mahmoud El-Olemy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

12-1969

Comments

Published in JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY Dec . 1969, p. 1182-1186, Vol. 100, No 3. Copyright © 1969 American Society for Microbiology. Used by permission.

Abstract

Transfer ribonucleic acid (tRNA) fractions isolated from germinated and ungerminated spores of Botryodiplodia theobromae and Rhizopus stolonifer had acceptor activity for all 20 amino acids commonly found in protein, when tested with an enzyme fraction from germinated spores. Accordingly, it is unlikely that the absence of tRNA for a particular amino acid limits protein synthesis in fungal spores.