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Structural basis of the translational elongation cycle. 2013

Rebecca M Voorhees, and V Ramakrishnan

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom. voorhees@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk

The sequential addition of amino acids to a growing polypeptide chain is carried out by the ribosome in a complicated multistep process called the elongation cycle. It involves accurate selection of each aminoacyl tRNA as dictated by the mRNA codon, catalysis of peptide bond formation, and movement of the tRNAs and mRNA through the ribosome. The process requires the GTPase factors elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) and EF-G. Not surprisingly, large conformational changes in both the ribosome and its tRNA substrates occur throughout protein elongation. Major advances in our understanding of the elongation cycle have been made in the past few years as a result of high-resolution crystal structures that capture various states of the process, as well as biochemical and computational studies.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D010441	Peptide Chain Elongation, Translational	A process of GENETIC TRANSLATION, when an amino acid is transferred from its cognate TRANSFER RNA to the lengthening chain of PEPTIDES.	Chain Elongation, Peptide, Translational,Protein Biosynthesis Elongation,Protein Chain Elongation, Translational,Protein Translation Elongation,Translation Elongation, Genetic,Translation Elongation, Protein,Translational Elongation, Protein,Translational Peptide Chain Elongation,Biosynthesis Elongation, Protein,Elongation, Genetic Translation,Elongation, Protein Biosynthesis,Elongation, Protein Translation,Elongation, Protein Translational,Genetic Translation Elongation,Protein Translational Elongation
D012270	Ribosomes	Multicomponent ribonucleoprotein structures found in the CYTOPLASM of all cells, and in MITOCHONDRIA, and PLASTIDS. They function in PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS via GENETIC TRANSLATION.	Ribosome
D012343	RNA, Transfer	The small RNA molecules, 73-80 nucleotides long, that function during translation (TRANSLATION, GENETIC) to align AMINO ACIDS at the RIBOSOMES in a sequence determined by the mRNA (RNA, MESSENGER). There are about 30 different transfer RNAs. Each recognizes a specific CODON set on the mRNA through its own ANTICODON and as aminoacyl tRNAs (RNA, TRANSFER, AMINO ACYL), each carries a specific amino acid to the ribosome to add to the elongating peptide chains.	Suppressor Transfer RNA,Transfer RNA,tRNA,RNA, Transfer, Suppressor,Transfer RNA, Suppressor,RNA, Suppressor Transfer
D020963	GTP Phosphohydrolase-Linked Elongation Factors	Factors that utilize energy from the hydrolysis of GTP to GDP for peptide chain elongation. EC 3.6.1.-.	GTPase-Linked Elongation Factors,Guanosinetriphosphatase-Linked Elongation Factors,Elongation Factors, GTPase-Linked,Elongation Factors, Guanosinetriphosphatase-Linked,Factors, GTPase-Linked Elongation,Factors, Guanosinetriphosphatase-Linked Elongation,GTP Phosphohydrolase Linked Elongation Factors,GTPase Linked Elongation Factors,Guanosinetriphosphatase Linked Elongation Factors