Reaction: peptidyl-tRNA1 + aminoacyl-tRNA2 = tRNA1 + peptidyl(aminoacyl-tRNA2)
Other name(s): transpeptidase; ribosomal peptidyltransferase
Systematic name: peptidyl-tRNA:aminoacyl-tRNA N-peptidyltransferase
Comments: The enzyme is a ribozyme. Two non-equivlant ribonucleoprotein subunits operate in non-concerted fashion in peptide elongation. The small subunit forms the mRNA-binding machinery and decoding center, the large subunit performs the main ribosomal catalytic function in the peptidyl-transferase center.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, CAS registry number: 9059-29-4
References:
1. Rychlik, I. Release of lysine peptides by puromycin from polylysyl-transfer ribonucleic acid in the presence of ribosomes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 114 (1966) 425-427. [PMID: 5329275]
2. Rychlik, I., Cerná, J., Chládek, S., Zemlicka, J. and Haladová, Z. Substrate specificity of ribosomal peptidyl transferase: 2'(3')-O-aminoacyl nucleosides as acceptors of the peptide chain on the amino acid site. J. Mol. Biol. 43 (1969) 13-24. [PMID: 4897787]
3. Traut, R.R. and Monro, R.E. The puromycin reaction and its relation to protein synthesis. J. Mol. Biol. 10 (1964) 63-72.
4. Voorhees, R.M., Weixlbaumer, A., Loakes, D., Kelley, A.C. and Ramakrishnan, V. Insights into substrate stabilization from snapshots of the peptidyl transferase center of the intact 70S ribosome. Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol. 16 (2009) 528-533. [PMID: 19363482]