Structures of modified eEF2.80S ribosome complexes reveal the role of GTP hydrolysis in translocation

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2421-2431

  Taylor, Derek J ^a   Nilsson, Jakob ^b,e   Merrill, A Rod ^c   Andersen, Gregers Rom ^b   Nissen, Poul ^b   Frank, Joachim ^a,d  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cryo EM; EF G; Elongation; GTPase; Switch 1

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ELONGATION FACTOR 2; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; TRANSFER RNA;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSPORT;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; ASCOMYCOTA; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 2; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RIBOSOMES; RNA TRANSPORT; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 34247560812     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601677     Document Type: Article

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