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This computer simulation predicts how two regions of a eukaryotic enzyme come together to bind to tRNA. The simulation reveals a hinge motion in the appended domain of Gln4 that has been shown to be critical to properly recognizing the tRNA molecule and (eventually) identifying new drugs.
Credit: Edward Snell, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
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Using X-ray crystallography, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute researchers solved the protein structure of this eukaryotic enzyme involved in decoding DNA into protein, even though data on an important region in the enzyme was missing.
Credit: Edward Snell, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute
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