Intramolecular movements in EF-G, trapped at different stages in its GTP hydrolytic cycle, probed by FRET

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 397, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1245-1260

  Nguyen, Boray ^a   Ticu, Cristina ^a   Wilson, Kevin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; G proteins; Protein dynamics; Ribosome; Translation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ELONGATION FACTOR G; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MESSENGER RNA; SWITCH1 PROTEIN; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVALENT BOND; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RIBOSOME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77950490044     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.02.039     Document Type: Article

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