Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Recurring RNA structural motifs underlie the mechanics of L1 stalk movement

  • Srividya Mohan,
  • Harry F Noller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14285
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Translocation of the tRNA on the ribosome is associated with large-scale molecular movements of the ribosomal L1 stalk. Here the authors identify the key determinants that allow these dramatic movements, and suggest they represent general strategies used to enable large-scale motions in functional RNAs.