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Essential mechanisms in the catalysis of peptide bond formation on the ribosome.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 28 Oct 2005
Beringer Malte, Bruell Christian, Xiong Liqun, Pfister Peter, Bieling Peter, Katunin Vladimir I, Mankin Alexander S, Böttger Erik C, Rodnina Marina V
Abstract excerpt
Peptide bond formation is the main catalytic function of the ribosome. The mechanism of catalysis is presumed to be highly conserved in all organisms. We tested the conservation by comparing mechanistic features of the peptidyl transfer reaction on ribosomes from Escherichia coli and the Gram-positive bacterium Mycobacterium smegmatis. In both cases, the major contribution to catalysis was the lowering of the...
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