CP-2156 Life In The Universe
Figure 5. Views of the chain
elongation yeast tRNAPhe
and the initiator E. coli
The
computer drawing emphasizes the backbone with a thicker line. In the
upper side views, the stippled ribbon is added to facilitate tracing
of the backbone. The brackets show the position of the anticodon base
triplet. The major difference shown in this view is at the acceptor
end, where the 3' OH end of E.
coli
is folded back
on the acceptor stem; in yeast tRNAPhe it continues to
form part of a single-stranded helix. The lower end views are made
looking down the acceptor-T stem helices, with a hole in their
center. It can be seen that the anticodon loop folding is different
in the two molecules. U33 is crosshatched in the bottom views. In the
upper side views, the U33 can be seen to have different positions in
the two molecules.
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