Structural insights into initial and intermediate steps of the ribosome-recycling process

EMBO Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1836-1846

  Yokoyama, Takeshi ^a   Shaikh, Tanvir R ^a   Iwakura, Nobuhiro ^b   Kaji, Hideko ^b   Kaji, Akira ^c   Agrawal, Rajendra K ^a,d  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformation of elongation factor G(EF G) during ribosome recycling; reverse ratcheting of the ribosome; ribosome recycling factor (RRF); RRF EF G interactions

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN POTC; RIBOSOME RECYCLING FACTOR; RNA 23S; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; RNA STRUCTURE;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 84859432765     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.22     Document Type: Article

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