4v68

T. thermophilus 70S ribosome in complex with mRNA, tRNAs and EF-Tu.GDP.kirromycin ternary complex, fitted to a 6.4 A Cryo-EM map.T. thermophilus 70S ribosome in complex with mRNA, tRNAs and EF-Tu.GDP.kirromycin ternary complex, fitted to a 6.4 A Cryo-EM map.

4v68, resolution 6.40Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Structural highlights 4v68 is a 10 chain structure with sequence from Thermus thermophilus. This structure supersedes the now removed PDB entries 3fic and 3fin. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: Experimental data: Check Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function RS2_THET8 Spans the head-body hinge region of the 30S subunit. Is loosely associated with the 30S subunit.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00291_B] Publication Abstract from PubMed We have used single-particle reconstruction in cryo-electron microscopy to determine a structure of the Thermus thermophilus ribosome in which the ternary complex of elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu), tRNA and guanine nucleotide has been trapped on the ribosome using the antibiotic kirromycin. This represents the state in the decoding process just after codon recognition by tRNA and the resulting GTP hydrolysis by EF-Tu, but before the release of EF-Tu from the ribosome. Progress in sample purification and image processing made it possible to reach a resolution of 6.4 A. Secondary structure elements in tRNA, EF-Tu and the ribosome, and even GDP and kirromycin, could all be visualized directly. The structure reveals a complex conformational rearrangement of the tRNA in the A/T state and the interactions with the functionally important switch regions of EF-Tu crucial to GTP hydrolysis. Thus, the structure provides insights into the molecular mechanism of signalling codon recognition from the decoding centre of the 30S subunit to the GTPase centre of EF-Tu. GTPase activation of elongation factor EF-Tu by the ribosome during decoding.,Schuette JC, Murphy FV 4th, Kelley AC, Weir JR, Giesebrecht J, Connell SR, Loerke J, Mielke T, Zhang W, Penczek PA, Ramakrishnan V, Spahn CM EMBO J. 2009 Mar 18;28(6):755-65. Epub 2009 Feb 19. PMID:19229291 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Elongation factor 3D structures Ribosomal protein THX 3D structures Ribosome 3D structures Transfer RNA (tRNA)