1qd7
PARTIAL MODEL FOR 30S RIBOSOMAL SUBUNIT
OverviewOverview
The 30S ribosomal subunit binds messenger RNA and the anticodon stem-loop of transfer RNA during protein synthesis. A crystallographic analysis of the structure of the subunit from the bacterium Thermus thermophilus is presented. At a resolution of 5.5 A, the phosphate backbone of the ribosomal RNA is visible, as are the alpha-helices of the ribosomal proteins, enabling double-helical regions of RNA to be identified throughout the subunit, all seven of the small-subunit proteins of known crystal structure to be positioned in the electron density map, and the fold of the entire central domain of the small-subunit ribosomal RNA to be determined.
About this StructureAbout this Structure
1QD7 is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Thermus thermophilus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
ReferenceReference
Structure of a bacterial 30S ribosomal subunit at 5.5 A resolution., Clemons WM Jr, May JL, Wimberly BT, McCutcheon JP, Capel MS, Ramakrishnan V, Nature. 1999 Aug 26;400(6747):833-40. PMID:10476960 Page seeded by OCA on Sat May 3 06:09:10 2008