Abstract
RECENT structural models1 for ribosomes give no insight into the interaction between ribosomal components and tRNA and mRNA during translation. We propose a structural model for the E. coli ribosome which does this through substructures, consisting of protein and RNA, which are spatially organized in the 70S ribosome and direct individual tRNAs to a common peptide bond formation site.
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MöLLER, W. Substructures in Ribosomes of E. coli ? A Hypothesis for the Attachment of Transfer RNAs. Nature 222, 979–981 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/222979a0
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