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Initiation of translation at the correct position on messenger RNA is essential for accurate protein synthesis. In prokaryotes, this process requires three initiation factors: IF1, IF2, and IF3. Here we report the crystal structure of a complex of IF1 and the 30S ribosomal subunit. Binding of IF1 occludes the ribosomal A site and flips out the functionally important bases A1492 and A1493 from helix 44 of 16S RNA, burying them in pockets in IF1. The binding of IF1 causes long-range changes in the conformation of H44 and leads to movement of the domains of 30S with respect to each other. The structure explains how localized changes at the ribosomal A site lead to global alterations in the conformation of the 30S subunit.

1HR0 is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_complex Protein complex] structure of sequences from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli Escherichia coli] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermus_thermophilus Thermus thermophilus] with <scene name='pdbligand=MG:'>MG</scene> and <scene name='pdbligand=ZN:'>ZN</scene> as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ligands ligands]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1HR0 OCA].  

[[Category: Brodersen, D E.]]

[[Category: Carter, A P.]]

[[Category: Jr., W M.Clemons.]]

[[Category: Morgan-Warren, R J.]]

[[Category: Wimberly, B T.]]

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