# Anton A. Komar Back to [[Ribosome Pausing and Cotranslational Folding]] · [[Research and Evidence]] **Role:** Translation and synonymous-codon researcher; Cleveland State University ⚠️ - Co-author of [Komar, Lesnik & Reiss 1999](https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01566-5), an early experiment showing synonymous codon substitutions change a protein's specific activity. - Co-senior author with Marina Rodnina on [Buhr et al. 2016](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2016.01.008): synonymous codons direct the same protein to different conformations. ⚠️ Affiliations are from general knowledge and were not rechecked for this note; the papers linked were verified via CrossRef or the publisher.