Elongation factor EF-P and its role in environmental stress adaptation

• Main Author: Σταυροπούλου, Μαρία
• Other Authors: Ντίνος, Γεώργιος
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Elongation factor EF-P; YjeA; YjeK; EF-P; YfcM; Βακτηριακός παράγοντας επιμήκυνσης EF-P; 572.884 5

Bacterial elongation factor P (EF-P) is a poorly understood soluble protein that has been shown to enhance the first step of peptide bond formation through an interaction with the ribosome and initiator tRNA. The crystal structure of EF‐P shows that EF‐P mimics the tRNA shape. Orthologous protein...