title: Protein synthesis and the components of protein synthetic machinery during cellular aging.
abstract: The slowing down of protein synthesis is a change widely observed during the aging of organisms. It has also been claimed that a decline in the rate of protein synthesis occurs during cellular aging. However, the evidence in favour of this view is not clear-cut, and reliable estimates of rates of protein synthesis during cellular aging have yet to be made. Studies on various components of the protein synthetic machinery during cellular aging have revealed a decline in the efficiency and accuracy of ribosomes, an increase in the levels of rRNA and tRNA, and a decrease in the amounts and activities of elongation factors. Detailed studies on the structure and function of ribosomes, tRNA isoacceptor profiles, activities of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, levels and activities of initiation factors, rates of protein elongation, and the accuracy of protein synthesis will be needed before the molecular mechanisms of the regulation of protein synthesis during cellular aging can be understood.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cellular Aging, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Rattan
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D016922:Cellular Senescence; D006801:Humans; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D010454:Peptide Termination Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D012270:Ribosomes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; D010454:Peptide Termination Factors; D012313:RNA; D000604:Amino Acyl-tRNA Synthetases