Conformational Changes during Decoding Factor Accommodation, Related to Figure 7
(A) The minidomain of pre-accommodated eRF1 (colored by domains) forms an interaction (circled) with eS31 (yellow) that is stabilized by G1507 of 18S rRNA.
(B) Upon accommodation, the M (purple) and C (pale blue) domains of eRF1, and the L7/L12 rRNA stalk base (blue) supporting uL11 (light cyan) undergo conformational changes to establish new interactions (circled) between the eRF1 minidomain with uL11 and the L7/L12 stalk base. Arrows indicate the direction and magnitude of movement of the minidomain and uL11 from the pre-accommodated state.