The PDB and the Ribosome

Overview

Journal J Biol Chem

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 2021 Mar 21

PMID 33744288

Citations 4

Authors

Peter B Moore

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Abstract

This essay, which was written to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Protein Data Bank, opens with some comments about the intentions of the scientists who pressed for its establishment and the nature of services it provides. It includes a brief account of the events that resulted in the determination of the crystal structure of the large ribosomal subunit from Haloarcula marismortui. The magnitude of the challenge the first ribosome crystal structures posed for the PDB is commented upon, and in the description of subsequent developments in the ribosome structure field that follows, it is pointed out that cryo-EM has replaced X-ray crystallography as the method of choice for investigating ribosome structure.

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