MicrobiologybioRxiv
Ornithine capture by a translating ribosome controls bacterial polyamine synthesis
A. Herrero del Valle, B. Seip, I. Cervera-Marzal…·C. A. Innis
The paper shows how ornithine binding to a ribosome and nascent peptide SpeFL controls polyamine synthesis in bacteria by inducing SpeF expression through ribosome stalling and transcription antitermination.
DOI 10.1038/s41564-020-0669-1