- Uncovering the process of ribosome formation
- Project Year:
2023
- REU Student (s):
Colton Fitzjarrald | University of Missouri-St Louis MO
- Student 1 Institution:
University of Missouri-St Louis
- Project Mentor:
Wilma Olson
- Project Mentor Area:
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- Project Abstract:
The ribosome is responsible for creating proteins. Understanding how the ribosome itself folds into its final 3-dimensional structure is critical to deepening our understanding of the mechanisms behind proteins, and thus life itself. There is much research that has been done in understanding the 3-dimensional structure of ribosomes, however many of these studies have fallen short in giving an intuitive understanding of the 3D structure. In this project, we used computational models to simulate large subunit ribosomal RNA of Escherichia Coli.
