4v8z | pdb_00004v8z
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Cryo-EM reconstruction of the 80S-eIF5B-Met-itRNAMet Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Complex
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Structural highlights
FunctionRS18A_YEAST Located at the top of the head of the 40S subunit, it contacts several helices of the 18S rRNA (By similarity).[HAMAP-Rule:MF_01315] Publication Abstract from PubMedThe last step in eukaryotic translational initiation involves the joining of the large and small subunits of the ribosome, with initiator transfer RNA (Met-tRNA(i)(Met)) positioned over the start codon of messenger RNA in the P site. This step is catalyzed by initiation factor eIF5B. We used recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine a structure of the eIF5B initiation complex to 6.6 angstrom resolution from <3% of the population, comprising just 5143 particles. The structure reveals conformational changes in eIF5B, initiator tRNA, and the ribosome that provide insights into the role of eIF5B in translational initiation. The relatively high resolution obtained from such a small fraction of a heterogeneous sample suggests a general approach for characterizing the structure of other dynamic or transient biological complexes. Molecular architecture of a eukaryotic translational initiation complex.,Fernandez IS, Bai XC, Hussain T, Kelley AC, Lorsch JR, Ramakrishnan V, Scheres SH Science. 2013 Nov 15;342(6160):1240585. doi: 10.1126/science.1240585. Epub 2013, Nov 7. PMID:24200810[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See AlsoReferences
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