The influence of downstream structured elements within mRNA on the dynamics of intersubunit rotation in ribosomes

TABLE 3.

Kinetic rates measured for transitions between the nonrotated conformation and the rotated conformation

Oligo P-site/A-site tRNA NR k1 (sec−1) R k−1 (sec−1)
+10 tRNAfMet/vacant 1306 0.72 ± 0.01 1263 0.51 ± 0.01
+11 tRNAfMet/vacant 712 0.75 ± 0.01 761 0.58 ± 0.01
+12 tRNAfMet/vacant 2431 0.81 ± 0.01 2374 0.41 ± 0.01
+13 tRNAfMet/vacant 1333 0.90 ± 0.02 1369 0.39 ± 0.01
+14 tRNAfMet/vacant 2356 0.83 ± 0.01 2306 0.30 ± 0.00
+15 tRNAfMet/vacant 1864 0.71 ± 0.01 1764 0.32 ± 0.01
+16 tRNAfMet/vacant 1469 0.83 ± 0.01 1435 0.32 ± 0.01
Mean rates 0.79 ± 0.06 0.41 ± 0.1
+10 tRNAfMet/NAc-Phe-tRNAPhe 3181 0.78 ± 0.01 3041 0.43 ± 0.01
+11 tRNAfMet/NAc-Phe-tRNAPhe 1525 0.75 ± 0.01 1450 0.43 ± 0.01
+12 tRNAfMet/NAc-Phe-tRNAPhe 2831 0.69 ± 0.01 2775 0.47 ± 0.01
+13 tRNAfMet/NAc-Phe-tRNAPhe 2054 0.73 ± 0.01 2106 0.34 ± 0.01
+14 tRNAfMet/NAc-Phe-tRNAPhe 1627 1.05 ± 0.02 1632 0.50 ± 0.01
+15 tRNAfMet/NAc-Phe-tRNAPhe 3957 0.88 ± 0.02 4237 0.42 ± 0.01
+16 tRNAfMet/NAc-Phe-tRNAPhe 3110 0.59 ± 0.01 3129 0.32 ± 0.01
Mean rates 0.78 ± 0.14 0.42 ± 0.06
  • (#τNR) Total number of dwell times in the nonrotated (NR) state. (k1) Forward rate of transitioning from nonrotated state to rotated state. (#τR) Total number of dwell times in the rotated (R) state. (k−1) Reverse rate of transitioning from rotated to nonrotated state.

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