The Shape of the Ribosome Exit Tunnel Affects Cotranslational Protein Folding
R. Kudva, P. Tian, F. Pardo-Avila, M. Carroni, R. B. Best, H. D. Bernstein, G. Von Heijne
The study shows that the geometry of the E. coli ribosome exit tunnel influences where proteins fold during translation, with larger domains folding deeper when tunnel space is available.
bioRxiv · Sep 25, 2018Biochemistry