Abstract
The effects of zeolites and monocations on the protein synthesis in a cell-free system derived from wheat germ were investigated. M type of synthetic zeolite markedly enhanced the translation efficiency. Whereas this kind of stimulatory effect of zeolite in an Escherichia coli cell-free system resulted from a change in the salt compositions of the reaction solution with the addition of zeolite, the enhancement of protein synthesis in a wheat germ cell-free system was not due to the ion exchange reaction of zeolites. From the results of mRNA stability analysis, it was found that zeolite could stabilize the mRNA in a wheat germ cell-free protein synthesis system. The stabilization of mRNA by the simple addition of zeolites is useful for the enhancement of protein synthesis in a wheat germ cell-free system, since conventional methods to improve mRNA stability, such as the addition of nuclease inhibitor, have not been effective for a wheat germ cell-free system.
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