Visualizing paromomycin bound to the 30S ribosomal subunit
Copyright 2007 © by Wayne Decatur. All rights reserved.

The subunit used in this visulization is from Thermus thermophilus. The presence of mRNA and a fragment of the A-site tRNAmakes the major functional regions conspicuous.
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Technical information and Reference for the ribosome model:

The model of the 30S ribosomal subunit structure used in this online presentation 1iblcan be accessed from the Protein Data Bank
See Ogle JM, Brodersen DE, Clemons WM Jr, Tarry MJ, Carter AP, and Ramakrishnan V.2001. Recognition of cognate transfer RNA by the 30S ribosomal subunit. Science 292:897-902.



Acknowledgements

The interface herein for visulaizing sites of ribosomal modificaiton in 3D was adapted by Wayne Decatur from FirstGlance in Jmol, which is a simple, free tool for macromolecular visualization. FirstGlance in Jmol is copyright © 2006 by Eric Martz. Development of FirstGlance in Jmol was supported by a grant from the Division of Undergraduate Education of the US National Science Foundation (Award 9980909), and by the University of Massachusetts. FirstGlance in Jmol would not be possible without the free, open-source java applet Jmol. Thanks are due many people who have selflessly contributed their time and expertise to creating Jmol. Special thanks are due Miguel Howard for the quality and quantity of his programming contributions to the Jmol project.

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