Structural changes enable start codon recognition by the eukaryotic translation initiation complex.
Hussain, T., Llacer, J.L., Fernandez, I.S., Munoz, A., Martin-Marcos, P., Savva, C.G., Lorsch, J.R., Hinnebusch, A.G., Ramakrishnan, V.(2014) Cell 159: 597-607
- PubMed: 25417110 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.10.001
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3J80, 3J81 - PubMed Abstract: 
During eukaryotic translation initiation, initiator tRNA does not insert fully into the P decoding site on the 40S ribosomal subunit. This conformation (POUT) is compatible with scanning mRNA for the AUG start codon. Base pairing with AUG is thought to promote isomerization to a more stable conformation (PIN) that arrests scanning and promotes dissociation of eIF1 from the 40S subunit ...