Synchronous tRNA movements during translocation on the ribosome are orchestrated by elongation factor G and GTP hydrolysis

BioEssays

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 908-918

  Holtkamp, Wolf ^a   Wintermeyer, Wolfgang ^a   Rodnina, Marina V ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

GTP hydrolysis; Hybrid tRNA states; Ribosome; Ribosome motions; Thermal fluctuations; Translation

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MOLECULAR MOTOR; TRANSFER RNA; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DYNAMICS; HYBRID; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; LARGE RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); RIBOSOME; RIBOSOME SUBUNIT; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; MOVEMENT; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, TRANSFER;

EID: 84908229074     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: 15211878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.201400076     Document Type: Article

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