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Escherichia coli Reporter Strains Allow for the In Vivo Evaluation of Recombinant Elongation Factor Protein (EF-P)
- Natalia Trachtmann,
- Aydar Bikmullin,
- Shamil Validov and
- Georg A. Sprenger
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18 September 2024
Background: Elongation factor protein (EF-P) in bacteria helps ribosomes to incorporate contiguous proline residues (xPro) into proteins. In this way, EF-P rescues ribosomes from stalling at these xPro motifs. Whereas EF-P deficiency is lethal for so...