PPT Slide

Translation Initiation

• Initiation occurs at a special sequence on mRNA

  - ribosome binding site (RBS) or Shine-Dalgarno sequence
  
  - complementary to the 3’end of 16S rRNA

• Initiation codon

  - signal for initiation of translation
  
  - usually the triplet AUG (in bacteria also GUG or UUG)
  - AUG represents methionine

Previous slide

Next slide

Back to first slide

View graphic version