General Mechanisms of Protein Biosynthesis

Modem Crop Protection Compounds. Edited by W. Kramer and U. Schirmer Copyright 2007 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH Co. KGaA, Weinheim ISBN 978-3-527-31496-6 

Consequently, the synthesis of proteins can be subdivided into four distinct steps formation of aminoacyl-tRNA, initiation, elongation and termination of the polypeptide chains. 

The general mechanisms by which proteins are synthesized appear to be similar in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. There are some minor differences, particularly in chain initiation and termination and in designation and chemical characteristics of the various soluble factors. 

The compounds discussed in this chapter interfere in one or more of the major steps of protein synthesis in fungi or bacteria. 

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