Conformational Differences between Open and Closed States of the Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Complex.
Llacer, J.L., Hussain, T., Marler, L., Aitken, C.E., Thakur, A., Lorsch, J.R., Hinnebusch, A.G., Ramakrishnan, V.(2015) Mol Cell 59: 399-412
- PubMed: 26212456 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.06.033
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3JAM, 3JAP, 3JAQ - PubMed Abstract: 
Translation initiation in eukaryotes begins with the formation of a pre-initiation complex (PIC) containing the 40S ribosomal subunit, eIF1, eIF1A, eIF3, ternary complex (eIF2-GTP-Met-tRNAi), and eIF5. The PIC, in an open conformation, attaches to the 5' end of the mRNA and scans to locate the start codon, whereupon it closes to arrest scanning ...