title: Structural features in aminoacyl-tRNAs required for recognition by elongation factor Tu.
abstract: In bacterial polypeptide synthesis aminoacyl-tRNA (aa-tRNA) bound to elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) and GTP is part of a crucial intermediate ribonucleoprotein complex involved in the decoding of messenger RNA. The conformation and topology as well as the affinity of the macromolecules in this ternary aa-tRNA X EF-Tu X GTP complex are of fundamental importance for the nature of the interaction of the complex with the ribosome. The structural elements of aa-tRNA required for interaction with EF-Tu and GTP and the resulting functional implications are presented here.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Faulhammer
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001482:Base Composition; D001665:Binding Sites; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010444:Peptide Elongation Factor Tu / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D010444:Peptide Elongation Factor Tu