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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Lu JQ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7150887 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Toxins 20200309 3
Ribosome-inactivating proteins (RIPs) are N-glycosidases, which depurinate a specific adenine residue in the conserved α-sarcin/ricin loop (α-SRL) of rRNA. This loop is important for anchoring elongation factor (EF-G for prokaryote or eEF2 for eukaryote) in mRNA translocation. Translation is inhibited after the attack. RIPs therefore may have been applied for anti-cancer, and anti-virus and other therapeutic applications. The main obstacles of treatment with RIPs include short plasma half-life, ...[more]