Essential role of histidine 84 in elongation factor Tu for the chemical step of GTP hydrolysis on the ribosome

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 332, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 689-699

  Daviter, Tina ^a   Wieden, Hans Joachim ^a   Rodnina, Marina V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

GTP binding proteins; Rapid kinetics; Stopped flow; Translation

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR TU; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HISTIDINE 84; HISTIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CODON; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0041735420     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-2836(03)00947-1     Document Type: Article

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