The A2453-C2499 wobble base pair in Escherichia coli 23S ribosomal RNA is responsible for pH sensitivity of the peptidyltransferase active site conformation

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 32, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 5512-5518

  Bayfield, Mark A ^a,b   Thompson, Jill ^a   Dahlberg, Albert E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 23S; ADENINE; CYTOSINE; DIMETHYL SULFATE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CONFORMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ADENINE; BASE PAIRING; BINDING SITES; CYTOSINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTATION; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS;

EID: 6044222469     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh888     Document Type: Article

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