Evidence map›Paper›PMID 24200810›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2013

Molecular architecture of a eukaryotic translational initiation complex.

Israel S Fernández, Xiao-Chen Bai, Tanweer Hussain, Ann C Kelley, Jon R Lorsch, V Ramakrishnan, Sjors H W Scheres

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 83 papers.

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83citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

83 citing papers in PubMed, 131 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Israel S Fernández *MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
Xiao-Chen Bai *MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
Tanweer HussainMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
Ann C KelleyMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
Jon R LorschJohns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 725 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD, USA.
V RamakrishnanMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
Sjors H W ScheresMRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, CB2 0QH, United Kingdom.
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology · GBJohns Hopkins Medicine · USMedical Research Council · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U105184332Medical Research Council MC_UP_A025_1013Wellcome Trust 096570
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The last step in eukaryotic translational initiation involves the joining of the large and small subunits of the ribosome, with initiator transfer RNA (Met-tRNA(i)(Met)) positioned over the start codon of messenger RNA in the P site. This step is catalyzed by initiation factor eIF5B. We used recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine a structure of the eIF5B initiation complex to 6.6 angstrom resolution from <3% of the population, comprising just 5143 particles. The structure reveals conformational changes in eIF5B, initiator tRNA, and the ribosome that provide insights into the role of eIF5B in translational initiation. The relatively high resolution obtained from such a small fraction of a heterogeneous sample suggests a general approach for characterizing the structure of other dynamic or transient biological complexes.

Indexed as

Peptide Chain Initiation, TranslationalAnalytic Sample Preparation MethodsCryoelectron MicroscopyEukaryotic Initiation FactorsHumansProtein ConformationRibosomesRNA, Transfer, MetSaccharomyces cerevisiaeeukaryotic initiation factor-5BEukaryotic Initiation FactorsRNA, Transfer, Met

Identifiers

PMID24200810
PMCPMC3836175
OpenAlexW1990731282

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