The conserved protein EF4 (LepA) modulates the elongation cycle of protein synthesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 39, 2011, Pages 16223-16228

  Liu, Hanqing ^a   Chen, Chunlai ^b   Zhang, Haibo ^a   Kaur, Jaskiran ^a,c   Goldman, Yale E ^b   Cooperman, Barry S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Anima Cell Metrology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescent tRNA; Hybrid state; Posttranslocation complex; Pretranslocation complex

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EF4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; MODULATION; PRETRANSLOCATION COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RIBOSOME; TURNOVER TIME;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; KINETICS; MAGNESIUM; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80053651205     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1103820108     Document Type: Article

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