title: Aminoacyl-tRNAs. Diversity before and unity after interaction with EF-Tu:GTP.
abstract: Evidence is presented for a new role for elongation factor EF-Tu. This involves conformational restraint or conformational selection of any aminoacyl-tRNA for channeling it to the ribosomal decoding site.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Barciszewski
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sprinzl
authors.forename: B F
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010444:Peptide Elongation Factor Tu / Q000378:metabolism*; D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012346:RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl; D006160:Guanosine Triphosphate; D010444:Peptide Elongation Factor Tu