A conserved amino acid sequence around Arg-68 of Artemia elongation factor 1 alpha is involved in the binding of guanine nucleotides and aminoacyl transfer RNAs.
The rate of trypsin cleavage of elongation factor 1 alpha having bound GDP is low and increases on exchange of GDP for GTP. The cleavage occurs at a unique position of the protein chain, namely at arginine-68 of Artemia EF-1 alpha. This increase in trypsin sensitivity is enhanced further in the presence of charged or uncharged transfer RNA. The local unfolding of EF-alpha at residue 68 is discussed in terms of a model in which GTP hydrolysis controls the positioning of a short 3'-terminal section of transfer RNA near the centre of peptide bond synthesis.
D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine; D001156:Artemia / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001665:Binding Sites; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000032:analysis; D011485:Protein Binding; D012345:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acid-Specific / Q000378:metabolism*; D012360:RNA, Transfer, Phe / Q000378:metabolism*; D012265:Ribonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism
D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D006150:Guanine Nucleotides; D020648:Peptide Elongation Factor 1; D010445:Peptide Elongation Factors; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D012345:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acid-Specific; D012360:RNA, Transfer, Phe; D012265:Ribonucleotides; D001120:Arginine