Molecular Basis for the Ribosome Functioning as an L-Tryptophan Sensor

Elevated levels of the free amino acid L-tryptophan (L-Trp) trigger expression of the tryptophanase tnaCAB operon in E. coli. Activation depends on tryptophan-dependent ribosomal stalling during translation of the upstream TnaC peptide. Here, we present a cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) reconstruc...

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Main Authors: Lukas Bischoff, Otto Berninghausen, Roland Beckmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-10-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124714007797