Dynamic basis of fidelity and speed in translation: Coordinated multistep mechanisms of elongation and termination.

ABSTRACT: As the universal machine that transfers genetic information from RNA to protein, the ribosome synthesizes proteins with remarkably high fidelity and speed. This is a result of the accurate and efficient decoding of mRNA codons via multistep mechanisms during elongation and termination stages of translation. These mechanisms control how the correct sense codon is recognized by a tRNA for peptide elongation, how the next codon is presented to the decoding center without change of frame during translocation, and how the stop codon is discriminated for timely release of the nascent peptide. These processes occur efficiently through coupling of chemical energy expenditure, ligand interactions, and conformational changes. Understanding this coupling in detail required integration of many techniq

SUBMITTER: Prabhakar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5477533 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature