A structural view on the mechanism of the ribosome-catalyzed peptide bond formation

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1789, Issue 9-10, 2009, Pages 612-623

  Simonović, Miljan ^a   Steitz, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

50S subunit; 70S ribosome; Peptide bond formation; Peptide release; Peptidyl transferase center; Ribozyme

Indexed keywords

50S RRNA; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BINDING SITE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIBOSOME;

AMINO ACIDS; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDES; PEPTIDYL TRANSFERASES; RIBOSOMES; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, TRANSFER; THERMUS;

EID: 71549159258     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2009.06.006     Document Type: Review

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