1tui

INTACT ELONGATION FACTOR TU IN COMPLEX WITH GDP

spinqualitylabelsall models 1tui, resolution 2.70Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Drag the structure with the mouse to rotate   Export Animated Image   Print3D Structural highlights 1tui is a 3 chain structure with sequence from Thermus aquaticus. The September 2006 RCSB PDB Molecule of the Month feature on Elongation Factors by David S. Goodsell is 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/mom_2006_9. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Ligands: GDP, MG Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum Function [EFTU_THEAQ] This protein promotes the GTP-dependent binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the A-site of ribosomes during protein biosynthesis.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00118_B] Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed BACKGROUND: Elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) in its GTP conformation is a carrier of aminoacylated tRNAs (aa-tRNAs) to the ribosomal A site during protein biosynthesis. The ribosome triggers GTP hydrolysis, resulting in the dissociation of EF-Tu-GDP from the ribosome. The affinity of EF-Tu for other molecules involved in this process, some of which are unknown, is regulated by two regions (Switch I and Switch II) that have different conformations in the GTP and GDP forms. The structure of the GDP form of EF-Tu is known only as a trypsin-modified fragment, which lacks the Switch I, or effector, domain. The aim of this work was to establish the overall structure of intact EF-Tu-GDP, in particular the structure of the effector domain. RESULTS: The crystal structures of intact EF-Tu-GDP from Thermus aquaticus and Escherichia coli have been determined at resolutions of 2.7 A and 3.8 A, respectively. The structures confirm the domain orientation previously found in the structure of partially trypsin-digested EF-Tu-GDP. The structures of the effector region in T. aquaticus and E. coli EF-Tu-GDP are very similar. The C-terminal part of the effector region of EF-Tu-GDP is a beta hairpin; in EF-Tu-GTP, this region forms an alpha helix. This conformational change is not a consequence of crystal packing. CONCLUSIONS: EF-Tu undergoes major conformational changes upon GTP hydrolysis. Unlike other GTP-binding proteins, EF-Tu exhibits a dramatic conformational change in the effector region, involving an unwinding of a small helix and the formation of a beta hairpin structure. This change is presumably involved in triggering the release of tRNA, and EF-Tu, from the ribosome. Helix unwinding in the effector region of elongation factor EF-Tu-GDP.,Polekhina G, Thirup S, Kjeldgaard M, Nissen P, Lippmann C, Nyborg J Structure. 1996 Oct 15;4(10):1141-51. PMID:8939739 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Elongation factor

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