Mechanism of the translation termination reaction on the ribosome

Biochemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 47, 2009, Pages 11296-11303

  Trobro, Stefan ^a   Åqvist, Johan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION BARRIERS; AMINOLYSIS; CATALYTIC EFFICIENCIES; COMPLEX STRUCTURE; ENTROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS; ESTER BONDS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDROLYSIS REACTION; KEY FACTORS; LEAVING GROUPS; MODEL-BASED; MOLECULAR DOCKING; OH GROUP; PEPTIDYL TRANSFER; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTON SHUTTLE; REACTION MECHANISM; RELEASE FACTORS; RESOLUTION CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STRUCTURES; SIDE CHAINS; TERMINATION REACTIONS; TRANSITION STATE; WATER MOLECULE;

AMINO ACIDS; ESTERS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HYDROLYSIS; PROTON TRANSFER; SIMULATORS; SUBSTRATES;

REACTION RATES;

RIBOSOME RECYCLING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RIBOSOME;

ALGORITHMS; BINDING SITES; CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLUTAMINE; HYDROLYSIS; METHYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDE CHAIN TERMINATION, TRANSLATIONAL; PEPTIDE TERMINATION FACTORS; RIBOSOMES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 72749108166     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi9017297     Document Type: Article

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