A proton wire to couple aminoacyl-tRNA accommodation and peptide-bond formation on the ribosome

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 787-793

  Polikanov, Yury S ^a   Steitz, Thomas A ^a   Innis, C Axel ^a,b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYL TRANSFER RNA; PEPTIDE; PROTON; TRANSFER RNA; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RIBOSOME; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

THERMUS THERMOPHILUS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTONS; RIBOSOMES; RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; WATER;

EID: 84921939541     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2871     Document Type: Article

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