EF-G catalyzes tRNA translocation by disrupting interactions between decoding center and codon-anticodon duplex

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 817-824

  Liu, Guangqiao ^a   Song, Guangtao ^a   Zhang, Danyang ^a   Zhang, Dejiu ^a   Li, Zhikai ^a   Lyu, Zhixin ^b   Dong, Jianshu ^a   Achenbach, John ^c   Gong, Weimin ^a   Zhao, Xin Sheng ^b   Nierhaus, Knud H ^d   Qin, Yan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NOXXON PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR G; TRANSFER RNA; ANTICODON; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN;

ANTICODON; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DELETION MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; INTERACTIONS WITH RNA; MITOCHONDRION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSPORT; SMALL RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT; THERMUS THERMOPHILUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CODON; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTICODON; CODON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR G; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RNA TRANSPORT; RNA, TRANSFER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84921973570     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2869     Document Type: Article

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