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Both formylatable and non-formylatable met-tRNAs of yeast bind to the elongation factor T which transfers aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosome. This means that yeast cannot use the same mechanism as E. coli for distinguishing initiator tRNA from other aminoacyl tRNAs.
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RICHTER, D., LIPMANN, F. Formation of a Ternary Complex between Formylatable Yeast Met-tRNA, GTP and Binding Factor T of Yeast and of E. coli. Nature 227, 1212–1214 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2271212a0
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