US 7,459,290 B1
Methods of using functional 30S subunits
Gloria M. Culver, Ames, Iowa (US); and Jennifer A. Maki, Hermantown, Minn. (US)
Assigned to Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc., Ames, Iowa (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/94,770.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/557606, filed on Mar. 30, 2004.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/640361, filed on Dec. 30, 2004.
Int. Cl. C12P 21/06 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 435—69.1  [536/23.1; 530/300; 530/350] 22 Claims
 
1. A method to prepare a peptide, comprising:
a) providing a defined translation reaction mixture comprising isolated i) 30S subunits comprising small subunit ribosomal proteins and 16S rRNA, ii) 50S subunits comprising large subunit ribosomal proteins, 5S rRNA and 23S rRNA, iii) charged tRNAs for at least one amino acid, iv) RNA template for translation with at least one codon corresponding to the anticodon in the charged tRNAs, and v) one or more translation factors; and
b) incubating the mixture so as to yield a peptide encoded by the RNA template.