A conformational switch in initiation factor 2 controls the fidelity of translation initiation in bacteria

The GTP-bound form of initiation factor 2 (IF2) promotes translation initiation by accelerating 50S ribosomal subunit joining the 30S ribosomal initiation complex (30S IC). Here the authors use single-molecule FRET and ensemble rapid kinetic methods to uncover the mechanism behind IF2-mediated subun...

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Main Authors: Kelvin Caban, Michael Pavlov, Måns Ehrenberg, Ruben L. Gonzalez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01492-6