Evolution of protein-coupled RNA dynamics during hierarchical assembly of ribosomal complexes

oleh: Sanjaya C. Abeysirigunawardena, Hajin Kim, Jonathan Lai, Kaushik Ragunathan, Mollie C. Rappé, Zaida Luthey-Schulten, Taekjip Ha, Sarah A. Woodson

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-09-01

Deskripsi

Ribosomes assemble through the hierarchical addition of proteins to a ribosomal RNA scaffold. Here the authors use three-color single-molecule FRET to show how the dynamics of the rRNA dictate the order in which multiple proteins assemble on the 5′ domain of the E. coli 16S rRNA.