Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

How EF-Tu can contribute to efficient proofreading of aa-tRNA by the ribosome

  • Jeffrey K. Noel,
  • Paul C. Whitford

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13314
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The translation of mRNA by the ribosome is governed by a series of large-scale conformational transitions. Here the authors use MD simulations to demonstrate how the rate of dissociation of elongation factor Tu affects the dynamics of tRNA accommodation and proofreading.