Ribosomal proteins and elongation factors

被引:55
作者
Liljas, A [1 ]
Garber, M [1 ]
机构
[1] RUSSIAN ACAD SCI, INST PROT RES, PUSHCHINO 142292, RUSSIA
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10.1016/0959-440X(95)80003-4
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Structural work on the translation machinery has recently undergone rapid progress. It is now known that six out of nine ribosomal proteins have an RNA-binding fold, and two domains of elongation factors Tu and G have very similar folds. in addition, the complex of EF-Tu with a GTP analogue and Phe-tRNA(Phe) has a structure that overlaps exceedingly well with that of EF-G GDP. These findings obviously have functional implications.
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