Structure of the ternary initiation complex aIF2-GDPNP-methionylated initiator tRNA

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 450-454

  Schmitt, Emmanuelle ^a   Panvert, Michel ^a   Lazennec Schurdevin, Christine ^a   Coureux, Pierre Damien ^a   Perez, Javier ^b   Thompson, Andrew ^b   Mechulam, Yves ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOCHIMIE   (France)

^b SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIF2 PROTEIN; AIF2 PROTEIN GAMMA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; ARCHAEAL RNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GDPNP COMPOUND; INITIATION FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 2, ARCHAEAL; METHIONINE TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RNA BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYOTA; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, ARCHAEAL; RNA, TRANSFER, MET; SULFOLOBUS SOLFATARICUS;

EID: 84861321529     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2259     Document Type: Article

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