A new tRNA intermediate revealed on the ribosome during EF4-mediated back-translocation

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 910-915

  Connell, Sean R ^a,b   Topf, Maya ^c   Qin, Yan ^d,f   Wilson, Daniel N ^d,e   Mielke, Thorsten ^d   Fucini, Paola ^b,d   Nierhaus, Knud H ^d   Spahn, Christian M T ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EF4 ENZYME; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIBOSOME; RNA TRANSPORT; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HYDROLYSIS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RIBOSOMES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, TRANSFER; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 51349114071     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1469     Document Type: Article

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