... L22at its native conformation is shown in cyan, and the swung conformation in magenta. TAO is shown in gold and erythromycin in red. (A) Thechemical formulae of erythromycin and TAO, highlighting ... crystallographic results, described below and in [7,8,15], are consistent withthis interpretation, and suggest that the ribosome provides atemplate not only for peptide bond formation but also for translocation. ... blue and as the derived P-site, in green. (Right) The chemical formulation of peptide bond formation. Bottom: Our proposed mechanism for peptide bondformation. Left: The 3¢ end of ASM (in blue) and...