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What recent ribosome structures have revealed about the mechanism of translation

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  • T. Martin Schmeing

    (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)

  • V. Ramakrishnan

    (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)

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Ribosomes in translation In this Review, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, joint winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for chemistry, and his colleague Martin Schmeing, consider recent progress in studies of the structure and function of the ribosome. Focusing primarily on the main aspects of bacterial translation, which should be common for the synthesis of all proteins, they show how knowledge of ribosome structure is increasingly driving sophisticated biochemical and genetic experimentation. In addition to its impact on basic translation research, knowledge of bacterial structures provides a framework for the development of better antibiotics. For a video interview with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, go to the Nature Video YouTube channel on http://www.youtube.com/user/NatureVideoChannel .

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  • T. Martin Schmeing & V. Ramakrishnan, 2009. "What recent ribosome structures have revealed about the mechanism of translation," Nature, Nature, vol. 461(7268), pages 1234-1242, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:461:y:2009:i:7268:d:10.1038_nature08403
    DOI: 10.1038/nature08403
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    1. Alexey A Gritsenko & Marc Hulsman & Marcel J T Reinders & Dick de Ridder, 2015. "Unbiased Quantitative Models of Protein Translation Derived from Ribosome Profiling Data," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(8), pages 1-26, August.
    2. Yuxing Cai & Yuxin Zhao & Kai Tang & Hong Zhang & Xueling Mo & Jiean Chen & Yong Huang, 2024. "Amide C–N bonds activation by A new variant of bifunctional N-heterocyclic carbene," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-7, December.

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