کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1407205 1501874 2008 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The linkage between ribosomal crystallography, metal ions, heteropolytungstates and functional flexibility
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه شیمی شیمی آلی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
The linkage between ribosomal crystallography, metal ions, heteropolytungstates and functional flexibility
چکیده انگلیسی

Crystallography of ribosomes, the universal cell nucleoprotein assemblies facilitating the translation of the genetic-code into proteins, met with severe problems owing to the large size, complex structure, inherent flexibility and high conformational variability of the ribosome. For the case of the small ribosomal subunit, which caused extreme difficulties, post-crystallization treatment by minute amounts of a heteropolytungstate cluster allowed structure determination at atomic resolution. This cluster played a dual role: providing anomalous phasing power and dramatically increased the resolution, by stabilization of a selected functional conformation. Thus, four out of the fourteen clusters that bind to each of the crystallized small subunits are attached to a specific ribosomal protein in a fashion that may control a significant component of the subunit internal flexibility, by “gluing” symmetrical related subunits. Here, we highlight basic issues in the relationship between metal ions and macromolecules and present common traits controlling in the interactions between polymetalates and various macromolecules, which may be extended towards the exploitation of polymetalates for therapeutical treatment.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Molecular Structure - Volume 890, Issues 1–3, 12 November 2008, Pages 289–294
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