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. 2009 Jan 27;106(4):969-70.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.0812576106. Epub 2009 Jan 21.

Visualizing the protein synthesis machinery: new focus on the translational GTPase elongation factor Tu

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Visualizing the protein synthesis machinery: new focus on the translational GTPase elongation factor Tu

Marina V Rodnina. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Mechanism of GTP hydrolysis in the α-subunit of heterotrimeric G proteins, in Ras-RasGAP, Sar-ArfGAP (modified from ref. 16), and the EF-Tu·aa-tRNA·ribosome complex. GTP-binding protein and the GTPase-activating protein (GAP) are shown in blue and red, respectively. GTP is shown in the transition state of hydrolysis; negative charges on phosphoryl groups are omitted for clarity.

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