The translation elongation cycle—capturing multiple states by cryo-electron microscopy

J Frank - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… During the work cycle of elongation, the ribosome, a molecular … Single-particle cryogenic
electron microscopy (cryo-EM), … With these capabilities, single-particle cryo-EM has been at …

Visualization of the Translational Elongation Cycle by CryoElectron Microscopy

T Pape, H Stark, R Matadeen… - The Ribosome …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
… and the kinetic analysis of both elongation factors (Rodnina et al., 1997; Pape et al., 1998,
1999), we suggest a new model for the elongation cycle of translation. The small subunit is the …

Animation of the dynamical events of the elongation cycle based on cryoelectron microscopy of functional complexes of the ribosome

J Frank, AB Heagle, RK Agrawal - Journal of Structural Biology, 1999 - Elsevier
elongation of the polypeptide chain by addition of one amino acid is a cyclic process (elongation
cycle… In this ‘‘starting position’’ of the translation process, the putative path of the mRNA …

The structural basis for release factor activation during translation termination revealed by time-resolved cryogenic electron microscopy

Z Fu, G Indrisiunaite, S Kaledhonkar, B Shah, M Sun… - Biophysical …, 2019 - cell.com
… This process, called termination of translation, is under strong selection pressure for high …
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) then showed that ribosome bound RF1 and RF2 have …

A cryo-electron microscopic study of ribosome-bound termination factor RF2

UBS Rawat, AV Zavialov, J Sengupta, M Valle… - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
… by messenger RNA is translated into a sequence of amino acids. This process is terminated
… suggested correlated changes at the GAC and the PTC during the termination process 11 . …

CryoElectron Microscopy of the Translational Apparatus: Experimental Evidence for the Paths of mRNA, tRNA, and the Polypeptide Chain

J Frank, P Penczek, RA Grassucci… - The Ribosome …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
… of tRNA and elongation factors during the elongation cycle of protein synthesis. The
ribosome map and the 3-D positions of the ligand molecules are based on several cryo-EM …

[HTML][HTML] Three-dimensional cryo-electron microscopy localization of EF2 in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae 80S ribosome at 17.5 Å resolution

MG Gomez-Lorenzo, CMT Spahn, RK Agrawal… - The EMBO …, 2000 - embopress.org
… The elongation cycle of protein synthesis consists of three basic steps: A-site occupation, …
translation elongation, correlating nicely with the observed contacts in the cryo-EM images. …

Studies of elongation factor G‐dependent tRNA translocation by three‐dimensional cryoelectron microscopy

RK Agrawal, AB Heagle, J Frank - The Ribosome: Structure …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
… The elongation cycle of protein biosynthesis on the ribosome entails three successive steps:
(i… translational elongation factor EF-G in the ribosome by direct hydroxyl radical probing. Cell …

[HTML][HTML] Ribosome dynamics: insights from atomic structure modeling into cryo-electron microscopy maps

K Mitra, J Frank - Annu. Rev. Biophys. Biomol. Struct., 2006 - annualreviews.org
… the movement of tRNA(s) and mRNA relative to the ribosome, a process that is necessary
for the translation of the subsequent codon on the mRNA during each elongation cycle

Cryoelectron microscopy as an investigative tool: the ribosome as an example

J Frank - Bioessays, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… is the binding of functional ligands during the elongation cycle. tRNA has multiple binding
sites, … Cryo-electron microscopy of the translational apparatus: experimental evidence for the …