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Pandiarajan I, Walunj SB, Banerjee N, Rout J, Srivastava S, Patankar S, Kaledhonkar S. Application of bio-layer interferometry for the analysis of ribosome-protein interactions. Front Mol Biosci 2024; 11:1398964. [PMID: 39148630 PMCID: PMC11325027 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2024.1398964] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
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The ribosome, a ribonucleoprotein complex, performs the function of protein translation. While ribosomal RNA catalyzes polypeptide formation, several proteins assist the ribosome throughout the translation process. Studying the biochemical and kinetic properties of these proteins interacting with the ribosome is vital for elucidating their roles. Various techniques, such as zonal centrifugation, pull-down assays, dynamic light scattering (DLS), fluorescence polarization, and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) are employed for this purpose, each presenting unique advantages and limitations. We add to the repertoire of techniques by using Bio-Layer Interferometry (BLI) to examine interactions between the ribosome and translation factors. Our findings demonstrate that BLI can detect interactions of Escherichia coli ribosomes with two proteins: E. coli initiation factor 2 (IF2) and P. falciparum translation enhancing factor (PTEF). A protein (Green Fluorescent Protein; GFP) known not to bind to E. coli ribosomes, shows no binding in the BLI assay. We show that BLI could be used to study the ribosome-protein interactions as it has key advantages like label-free procedures, ease of assay performance, and ribosome sample reuse. Our results highlight the comprehensive use of BLI in studying the ribosome-protein interactions, in addition to studying protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions.
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- Ilamathy Pandiarajan
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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Sharma H, Anand B. Ribosome assembly defects subvert initiation Factor3 mediated scrutiny of bona fide start signal. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 47:11368-11386. [PMID: 31586395 PMCID: PMC6868393 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2019] [Revised: 08/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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In bacteria, the assembly factors tightly orchestrate the maturation of ribosomes whose competency for protein synthesis is validated by translation machinery at various stages of translation cycle. However, what transpires to the quality control measures when the ribosomes are produced with assembly defects remains enigmatic. In Escherichia coli, we show that 30S ribosomes that harbour assembly defects due to the lack of assembly factors such as RbfA and KsgA display suboptimal initiation codon recognition and bypass the critical codon–anticodon proofreading steps during translation initiation. These premature ribosomes on entering the translation cycle compromise the fidelity of decoding that gives rise to errors during initiation and elongation. We show that the assembly defects compromise the binding of initiation factor 3 (IF3), which in turn appears to license the rapid transition of 30S (pre) initiation complex to 70S initiation complex by tempering the validation of codon–anticodon interaction during translation initiation. This suggests that the premature ribosomes harbouring the assembly defects subvert the IF3 mediated proofreading of cognate initiation codon to enter the translation cycle.
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- Himanshu Sharma
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781039, Assam, India
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Tomsic J, Smorlesi A, Caserta E, Giuliodori AM, Pon CL, Gualerzi CO. Disparate Phenotypes Resulting from Mutations of a Single Histidine in Switch II of Geobacillus stearothermophilus Translation Initiation Factor IF2. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21030735. [PMID: 31979156 PMCID: PMC7037019 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21030735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2019] [Revised: 01/20/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The conserved Histidine 301 in switch II of Geobacillus stearothermophilus IF2 G2 domain was substituted with Ser, Gln, Arg, Leu and Tyr to generate mutants displaying different phenotypes. Overexpression of IF2H301S, IF2H301L and IF2H301Y in cells expressing wtIF2, unlike IF2H301Q and IF2H301R, caused a dominant lethal phenotype, inhibiting in vivo translation and drastically reducing cell viability. All mutants bound GTP but, except for IF2H301Q, were inactive in ribosome-dependent GTPase for different reasons. All mutants promoted 30S initiation complex (30S IC) formation with wild type (wt) efficiency but upon 30S IC association with the 50S subunit, the fMet-tRNA reacted with puromycin to different extents depending upon the IF2 mutant present in the complex (wtIF2 ≥ to IF2H301Q > IF2H301R >>> IF2H301S, IF2H301L and IF2H301Y) whereas only fMet-tRNA 30S-bound with IF2H301Q retained some ability to form initiation dipeptide fMet-Phe. Unlike wtIF2, all mutants, regardless of their ability to hydrolyze GTP, displayed higher affinity for the ribosome and failed to dissociate from the ribosomes upon 50S docking to 30S IC. We conclude that different amino acids substitutions of His301 cause different structural alterations of the factor, resulting in disparate phenotypes with no direct correlation existing between GTPase inactivation and IF2 failure to dissociate from ribosomes.
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Saxena S, Myka KK, Washburn R, Costantino N, Court DL, Gottesman ME. Escherichia coli transcription factor NusG binds to 70S ribosomes. Mol Microbiol 2018; 108:495-504. [PMID: 29575154 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Transcription and translation are coupled processes in bacteria. A role of transcription elongation cofactor NusG in coupling has been suggested by in vitro structural studies. NMR revealed association of the NusG carboxy-terminal domain with S10 (NusE), implying a direct role for NusG as a bridge linking RNAP and the lead ribosome. Here we present the first in vitro and in vivo evidence of full-length NusG association with mature 70S ribosomes. Binding did not require accessory factors in vitro. Mutating the NusG:S10 binding interface at NusG F165 or NusE M88 and D97 residues weakened NusG:S10 association in vivo and completely abolished it in vitro, supporting the specificity of this interaction. Mutations in the binding interface increased sensitivity to chloramphenicol. This phenotype was suppressed by rpoB*35, an RNAP mutation that reduces replisome-RNAP clashes. We propose that weakened NusG:S10 interaction leads to uncoupling when translation is inhibited, with resulting RNAP backtracking, replication blocks and formation of lethal DNA double-strand breaks.
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- Shivalika Saxena
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Delle Fratte S, Piubelli C, Domenici E. Development of a High-Throughput Scintillation Proximity Assay for the Identification of C-Domain Translational Initiation Factor 2 Inhibitors. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 7:541-6. [PMID: 14599352 DOI: 10.1177/1087057102238628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Translational initiation factor 2 (IF2) is the largest of the 3 factors required for translation initiation in prokaryotes and has been shown to be essential in Escherichia coli. It stimulates the binding of fMet-tRNAfMet to the 30S ribosomal subunit in the presence of GTP. The selectivity is achieved through specific recognition of the tRNAfMet blocked α-amino group. IF2 is composed of 3 structural domains: N-domain, whose function is not known; G-domain, which contains the GTP/GDP binding site and the GTPase catalytic center; and C-domain, which recognizes and binds fMet-tRNAfMet. Its activity is strictly bacteria specific and highly conserved among prokaryotes. So far, antibiotics targeting IF2 function are not known, and this makes it an ideal target for new drugs with mechanisms of resistance not yet developed. A few assays have been developed in the past, which allow the detection of IF2 activity either directly or indirectly. In both instances, the assays are based on radioactive detection and do not allow for high throughput because of the need for separation or solvent extraction steps. The authors describe a novel biochemical assay for IF2 that exploits the molecular recognition of fMet-tRNAfMet by the C-domain. The assay is based on the incubation of biotinyl-IF2 with fMet-tRNAfMet and the subsequent capture of the radiolabeled complex by streptavidin-coated beads, exploiting the scintillation proximity assay (SPA) technology. The assay has been designed in an automatable, homogeneous, miniaturized fashion suitable for high-throughput screening and is rapid, sensitive, and robust to dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) up to 10% v/v. The assay, used to screen a limited chemical collection of about 5000 compounds and a subset of compounds originated by a 2-D substructural search, has shown to be able to detect potential IF2 inhibitors.
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Rossi D, Barbosa NM, Galvão FC, Boldrin PEG, Hershey JWB, Zanelli CF, Fraser CS, Valentini SR. Evidence for a Negative Cooperativity between eIF5A and eEF2 on Binding to the Ribosome. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0154205. [PMID: 27115996 PMCID: PMC4845985 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 04/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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eIF5A is the only protein known to contain the essential and unique amino acid residue hypusine. eIF5A functions in both translation initiation due to its stimulation of methionyl-puromycin synthesis and translation elongation, being highly required for peptide-bound formation of specific ribosome stalling sequences such as poly-proline. The functional interaction between eIF5A, tRNA, and eEF2 on the surface of the ribosome is further clarified herein. Fluorescence anisotropy assays were performed to determine the affinity of eIF5A to different ribosomal complexes and reveal its interaction exclusively and directly with the 60S ribosomal subunit in a hypusine-dependent manner (Ki60S-eIF5A-Hyp = 16 nM, Ki60S-eIF5A-Lys = 385 nM). A 3-fold increase in eIF5A affinity to the 80S is observed upon charged-tRNAiMet binding, indicating positive cooperativity between P-site tRNA binding and eIF5A binding to the ribosome. Previously identified conditional mutants of yeast eIF5A, eIF5AQ22H/L93F and eIF5AK56A, display a significant decrease in ribosome binding affinity. Binding affinity between ribosome and eIF5A-wild type or mutants eIF5AK56A, but not eIF5AQ22H/L93F, is impaired in the presence of eEF2 by 4-fold, consistent with negative cooperativity between eEF2 and eIF5A binding to the ribosome. Interestingly, high-copy eEF2 is toxic only to eIF5AQ22H/L93F and causes translation elongation defects in this mutant. These results suggest that binding of eEF2 to the ribosome alters its conformation, resulting in a weakened affinity of eIF5A and impairment of this interplay compromises cell growth due to translation elongation defects.
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- Danuza Rossi
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Department of Biological Sciences, Araraquara, SP, Brazil, 14801
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America, 95616
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Department of Biological Sciences, Araraquara, SP, Brazil, 14801
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Department of Biological Sciences, Araraquara, SP, Brazil, 14801
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Department of Biological Sciences, Araraquara, SP, Brazil, 14801
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America, 95616
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Department of Biological Sciences, Araraquara, SP, Brazil, 14801
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States of America, 95616
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UNESP - Univ Estadual Paulista, Department of Biological Sciences, Araraquara, SP, Brazil, 14801
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Protein synthesis during cellular quiescence is inhibited by phosphorylation of a translational elongation factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:E3274-81. [PMID: 26056311 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1505297112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In nature, most organisms experience conditions that are suboptimal for growth. To survive, cells must fine-tune energy-demanding metabolic processes in response to nutrient availability. Here, we describe a novel mechanism by which protein synthesis in starved cells is down-regulated by phosphorylation of the universally conserved elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu). Phosphorylation impairs the essential GTPase activity of EF-Tu, thereby preventing its release from the ribosome. As a consequence, phosphorylated EF-Tu has a dominant-negative effect in elongation, resulting in the overall inhibition of protein synthesis. Importantly, this mechanism allows a quick and robust regulation of one of the most abundant cellular proteins. Given that the threonine that serves as the primary site of phosphorylation is conserved in all translational GTPases from bacteria to humans, this mechanism may have important implications for growth-rate control in phylogenetically diverse organisms.
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Sasikumar AN, Kinzy TG. Mutations in the chromodomain-like insertion of translation elongation factor 3 compromise protein synthesis through reduced ATPase activity. J Biol Chem 2013; 289:4853-60. [PMID: 24379402 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.536201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Translation elongation is mediated by ribosomes and multiple soluble factors, many of which are conserved across bacteria and eukaryotes. During elongation, eukaryotic elongation factor 1A (eEF1A; EF-Tu in bacteria) delivers aminoacylated-tRNA to the A-site of the ribosome, whereas eEF2 (EF-G in bacteria) translocates the ribosome along the mRNA. Fungal translation elongation is striking in its absolute requirement for a third factor, the ATPase eEF3. eEF3 binds close to the E-site of the ribosome and has been proposed to facilitate the removal of deacylated tRNA from the E-site. eEF3 has two ATP binding cassette (ABC) domains, the second of which carries a unique chromodomain-like insertion hypothesized to play a significant role in its binding to the ribosome. This model was tested in the current study using a mutational analysis of the Sac7d region of the chromodomain-like insertion. Specific mutations in this domain result in reduced growth rate as well as slower translation elongation. In vitro analysis demonstrates that these mutations do not affect the ability of eEF3 to interact with the ribosome. Kinetic analysis revealed a larger turnover number for ribosomes in comparison to eEF3, indicating that the partial reactions involving the ribosome are significantly faster than that of eEF3. Mutations in the chromodomain-like insertion severely compromise the ribosome stimulated ATPase of eEF3, strongly suggesting that it exerts an allosteric effect on the hydrolytic activity of eEF3. The chromodomain-like insertion is, therefore, vital to eEF3 function and may be targeted for developing novel antifungal drugs.
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- Arjun N Sasikumar
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854-5635
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Involvement of protein IF2 N domain in ribosomal subunit joining revealed from architecture and function of the full-length initiation factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013; 110:15656-61. [PMID: 24029017 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1309578110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Translation initiation factor 2 (IF2) promotes 30S initiation complex (IC) formation and 50S subunit joining, which produces the 70S IC. The architecture of full-length IF2, determined by small angle X-ray diffraction and cryo electron microscopy, reveals a more extended conformation of IF2 in solution and on the ribosome than in the crystal. The N-terminal domain is only partially visible in the 30S IC, but in the 70S IC, it stabilizes interactions between IF2 and the L7/L12 stalk of the 50S, and on its deletion, proper N-formyl-methionyl(fMet)-tRNA(fMet) positioning and efficient transpeptidation are affected. Accordingly, fast kinetics and single-molecule fluorescence data indicate that the N terminus promotes 70S IC formation by stabilizing the productive sampling of the 50S subunit during 30S IC joining. Together, our data highlight the dynamics of IF2-dependent ribosomal subunit joining and the role played by the N terminus of IF2 in this process.
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Kuzmenko A, Atkinson GC, Levitskii S, Zenkin N, Tenson T, Hauryliuk V, Kamenski P. Mitochondrial translation initiation machinery: conservation and diversification. Biochimie 2013; 100:132-40. [PMID: 23954798 PMCID: PMC3978653 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2013.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 07/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The highly streamlined mitochondrial genome encodes almost exclusively a handful of transmembrane components of the respiratory chain complex. In order to ensure the correct assembly of the respiratory chain, the products of these genes must be produced in the correct stoichiometry and inserted into the membrane, posing a unique challenge to the mitochondrial translational system. In this review we describe the proteins orchestrating mitochondrial translation initiation: bacterial-like general initiation factors mIF2 and mIF3, as well as mitochondria-specific components – mRNA-specific translational activators and mRNA-nonspecific accessory initiation factors. We consider how the fast rate of evolution in these organelles has not only created a system that is divergent from that of its bacterial ancestors, but has led to a huge diversity in lineage specific mechanistic features of mitochondrial translation initiation among eukaryotes. Mitochondrially-encoded proteins are mostly respiratory chain components. The mitochondrial translation system is thus organized in a very specific way. Initiation involves mRNA-specific activators and bacteria-like initiation factors. We show that Saccharomyces cerevisiae Aim23p is a functional ortholog of bacterial IF3. We review the lineage specific features of mitochondrial translation initiation.
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- Anton Kuzmenko
- University of Tartu, Institute of Technology, Nooruse 1, Tartu, Estonia; Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1/12 Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- University of Tartu, Institute of Technology, Nooruse 1, Tartu, Estonia
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- Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1/12 Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4AX, United Kingdom
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- University of Tartu, Institute of Technology, Nooruse 1, Tartu, Estonia
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- University of Tartu, Institute of Technology, Nooruse 1, Tartu, Estonia; Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
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- Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1/12 Leninskie Gory, 119991 Moscow, Russia.
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Selection of correct start codons on messenger RNAs is a key step required for faithful translation of the genetic message. Such a selection occurs in a complex process, during which a translation-competent ribosome assembles, eventually having in its P site a specialized methionyl-tRNAMet base-paired with the start codon on the mRNA. This chapter summarizes recent advances describing at the molecular level the successive steps involved in the process. Special emphasis is put on the roles of the three initiation factors and of the initiator tRNA, which are crucial for the efficiency and the specificity of the process. In particular, structural analyses concerning complexes containing ribosomal subunits, as well as detailed kinetic studies, have shed new light on the sequence of events leading to faithful initiation of protein synthesis in Bacteria.
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Julián P, Milon P, Agirrezabala X, Lasso G, Gil D, Rodnina MV, Valle M. The Cryo-EM structure of a complete 30S translation initiation complex from Escherichia coli. PLoS Biol 2011; 9:e1001095. [PMID: 21750663 PMCID: PMC3130014 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2010] [Accepted: 05/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Formation of the 30S initiation complex (30S IC) is an important checkpoint in regulation of gene expression. The selection of mRNA, correct start codon, and the initiator fMet-tRNAfMet requires the presence of three initiation factors (IF1, IF2, IF3) of which IF3 and IF1 control the fidelity of the process, while IF2 recruits fMet-tRNAfMet. Here we present a cryo-EM reconstruction of the complete 30S IC, containing mRNA, fMet-tRNAfMet, IF1, IF2, and IF3. In the 30S IC, IF2 contacts IF1, the 30S subunit shoulder, and the CCA end of fMet-tRNAfMet, which occupies a novel P/I position (P/I1). The N-terminal domain of IF3 contacts the tRNA, whereas the C-terminal domain is bound to the platform of the 30S subunit. Binding of initiation factors and fMet-tRNAfMet induces a rotation of the head relative to the body of the 30S subunit, which is likely to prevail through 50S subunit joining until GTP hydrolysis and dissociation of IF2 take place. The structure provides insights into the mechanism of mRNA selection during translation initiation. Translation is the process by which a ribosome converts the sequence of a messenger RNA (mRNA)—produced from a gene—into the sequence of amino acids that comprise a protein. Bacterial ribosomes each have one large and one small subunit: the 50S and 30S subunits. Initiation of translation entails selection of an mRNA, identification of the correct starting point from which to read its code, and engagement of the initial amino acid carrier (tRNA). These events take place in the 30S subunit and require the presence of three initiation factors (IF1, IF2, IF3). Formation of this 30S initiation complex precedes joining with the 50S subunit to assemble the functional ribosome. By using a cryo-electron microscopy approach to visualize the structures without fixation or staining, we have determined the structure of a complete 30S initiation complex and identified the positions and orientations of the tRNA and all three initiation factors. We found that the presence of the initiation factors and tRNA induces rotation of the head relative to the body of the 30S subunit, which may be essential for rapid binding to the 50S subunit and for regulating selection of the mRNA. IF3 had not been seen previously in the context of the 30S structure and its visualization gives insight into a potential role in preventing association of the two ribosomal subunits. These findings are important for understanding how the interplay of elements during the early stages of translation selects the mRNA and regulates formation of functional ribosomes.
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- Patricia Julián
- Structural Biology Unit, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, Spain
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Structural Biology Unit, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, Spain
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- Structural Biology Unit, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, Spain
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- Structural Biology Unit, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, Spain
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- Department of Physical Biochemistry, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
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- Structural Biology Unit, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia, Derio, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
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Ozanick SG, Wang X, Costanzo M, Brost RL, Boone C, Anderson JT. Rex1p deficiency leads to accumulation of precursor initiator tRNAMet and polyadenylation of substrate RNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 37:298-308. [PMID: 19042972 PMCID: PMC2615624 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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A synthetic genetic array was used to identify lethal and slow-growth phenotypes produced when a mutation in TRM6, which encodes a tRNA modification enzyme subunit, was combined with the deletion of any non-essential gene in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We found that deletion of the REX1 gene resulted in a slow-growth phenotype in the trm6-504 strain. Previously, REX1 was shown to be involved in processing the 3′ ends of 5S rRNA and the dimeric tRNAArg-tRNAAsp. In this study, we have discovered a requirement for Rex1p in processing the 3′ end of tRNAiMet precursors and show that precursor tRNAiMet accumulates in a trm6-504 rex1Δ strain. Loss of Rex1p results in polyadenylation of its substrates, including tRNAiMet, suggesting that defects in 3′ end processing can activate the nuclear surveillance pathway. Finally, purified Rex1p displays Mg2+-dependent ribonuclease activity in vitro, and the enzyme is inactivated by mutation of two highly conserved amino acids.
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- Sarah G Ozanick
- Department of Biological Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Rasmussen LCV, Oliveira CLP, Jensen JM, Pedersen JS, Sperling-Petersen HU, Mortensen KK. Solution structure of C-terminal Escherichia coli translation initiation factor IF2 by small-angle X-ray scattering. Biochemistry 2008; 47:5590-8. [PMID: 18442259 DOI: 10.1021/bi8000598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Initiation of protein synthesis in bacteria involves the combined action of three translation initiation factors, including translation initiation factor IF2. Structural knowledge of this bacterial protein is scarce. A fragment consisting of the four C-terminal domains of IF2 from Escherichia coli was expressed, purified, and characterized by small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and from the SAXS data, a radius of gyration of 43 +/- 1 A and a maximum dimension of approximately 145 A were obtained for the molecule. Furthermore, the SAXS data revealed that E. coli IF2 in solution adopts a structure that is significantly different from the crystal structure of orthologous aIF5B from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. This crystal structure constitutes the only atomic resolution structural knowledge of the full-length factor. Computer programs were applied to the SAXS data to provide an initial structural model for IF2 in solution. The low-resolution nature of SAXS prevents the elucidation of a complete and detailed structure, but the resulting model for C-terminal E. coli IF2 indicates important structural differences between the aIF5B crystal structure and IF2 in solution. The chalice-like structure with a highly exposed alpha-helical stretch observed for the aIF5B crystal structure was not found in the structural model of IF2 in solution, in which domain VI-2 is moved closer to the rest of the protein.
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Žoldák G, Sedlák E, Wolfrum A, Musatov A, Fedunová D, Szkaradkiewicz K, Sprinzl M. Multidomain Initiation Factor 2 from Thermus thermophilus Consists of the Individual Autonomous Domains. Biochemistry 2008; 47:4992-5005. [DOI: 10.1021/bi702295g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Gabriel Žoldák
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Šafárik University, Kośice, Slovakia, Laboratorium für Biochemie, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229, and Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Šafárik University, Kośice, Slovakia, Laboratorium für Biochemie, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229, and Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Šafárik University, Kośice, Slovakia, Laboratorium für Biochemie, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229, and Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Šafárik University, Kośice, Slovakia, Laboratorium für Biochemie, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229, and Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Šafárik University, Kośice, Slovakia, Laboratorium für Biochemie, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229, and Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Šafárik University, Kośice, Slovakia, Laboratorium für Biochemie, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229, and Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, P. J. Šafárik University, Kośice, Slovakia, Laboratorium für Biochemie, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, Department of Biochemistry, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78229, and Department of Biophysics, Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
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Shin BS, Dever TE. Molecular genetic structure-function analysis of translation initiation factor eIF5B. Methods Enzymol 2007; 429:185-201. [PMID: 17913624 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(07)29009-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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Recently, significant progress has been made in obtaining three-dimensional (3-D) structures of the factors that promote translation initiation, elongation, and termination. These structures, when interpreted in light of previous biochemical characterizations of the factors, provide significant insight into the function of the factors and the molecular mechanism of specific steps in the translation process. In addition, genetic analyses in yeast have helped elucidate the in vivo roles of the factors in various steps of the translation pathway. We have combined these two approaches and use molecular genetic studies to define the structure-function properties of translation initiation factors in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this chapter, we describe our multistep approach in which we first characterize a site-directed mutant of the factor of interest using in vivo and in vitro assays of protein synthesis. Next, we subject the mutant gene to random mutagenesis and screen for second-site mutations that restore the factor's function in vivo. Following biochemical and in vivo characterization of the suppressor mutant, we interpret the results in light of the 3-D structure of the factor to define the structure-function properties of the factor and to provide new molecular insights into the mechanism of translation.
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- Byung-Sik Shin
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Fringer JM, Acker MG, Fekete CA, Lorsch JR, Dever TE. Coupled release of eukaryotic translation initiation factors 5B and 1A from 80S ribosomes following subunit joining. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:2384-97. [PMID: 17242201 PMCID: PMC1820483 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.02254-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The translation initiation GTPase eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5B (eIF5B) binds to the factor eIF1A and catalyzes ribosomal subunit joining in vitro. We show that rapid depletion of eIF5B in Saccharomyces cerevisiae results in the accumulation of eIF1A and mRNA on 40S subunits in vivo, consistent with a defect in subunit joining. Substituting Ala for the last five residues in eIF1A (eIF1A-5A) impairs eIF5B binding to eIF1A in cell extracts and to 40S complexes in vivo. Consistently, overexpression of eIF5B suppresses the growth and translation initiation defects in yeast expressing eIF1A-5A, indicating that eIF1A helps recruit eIF5B to the 40S subunit prior to subunit joining. The GTPase-deficient eIF5B-T439A mutant accumulated on 80S complexes in vivo and was retained along with eIF1A on 80S complexes formed in vitro. Likewise, eIF5B and eIF1A remained associated with 80S complexes formed in the presence of nonhydrolyzable GDPNP, whereas these factors were released from the 80S complexes in assays containing GTP. We propose that eIF1A facilitates the binding of eIF5B to the 40S subunit to promote subunit joining. Following 80S complex formation, GTP hydrolysis by eIF5B enables the release of both eIF5B and eIF1A, and the ribosome enters the elongation phase of protein synthesis.
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- Jeanne M Fringer
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Caserta E, Tomsic J, Spurio R, La Teana A, Pon CL, Gualerzi CO. Translation initiation factor IF2 interacts with the 30 S ribosomal subunit via two separate binding sites. J Mol Biol 2006; 362:787-99. [PMID: 16935296 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2006] [Revised: 07/15/2006] [Accepted: 07/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The functional properties of the two natural forms of Escherichia coli translation initiation factor IF2 (IF2alpha and IF2beta) and of an N-terminal deletion mutant of the factor (IF2DeltaN) lacking the first 294 residues, corresponding to the entire N-terminal domain, were analysed comparatively. The results revealed that IF2alpha and IF2beta display almost indistinguishable properties, whereas IF2DeltaN, although fully active in all steps of the translation initiation pathway, displays functional activities having properties and requirements distinctly different from those of the intact molecule. Indeed, binding of IF2DeltaN to the 30 S subunit, IF2DeltaN-dependent stimulation of fMet-tRNA binding to the ribosome and of initiation dipeptide formation strongly depend upon the presence of IF1 and GTP, unlike with IF2alpha and IF2beta. The present results indicate that, using two separate active sites, IF2 establishes two interactions with the 30 S ribosomal subunit which have different properties and functions. The first site, located in the N domain of IF2, is responsible for a high-affinity interaction which "anchors" the factor to the subunit while the second site, mainly located in the beta-barrel module homologous to domain II of EF-G and EF-Tu, is responsible for the functional ("core") interaction of IF2 leading to the decoding of fMet-tRNA in the 30 S subunit P-site. The first interaction is functionally dispensable, sensitive to ionic-strength variations and essentially insensitive to the nature of the guanosine nucleotide ligand and to the presence of IF1, unlike the second interaction which strongly depends upon the presence of IF1 and GTP.
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- Enrico Caserta
- Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Biology, University of Camerino, 62032 Camerino (MC), Italy
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Allen GS, Zavialov A, Gursky R, Ehrenberg M, Frank J. The Cryo-EM Structure of a Translation Initiation Complex from Escherichia coli. Cell 2005; 121:703-12. [PMID: 15935757 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2005.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 242] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2004] [Revised: 03/14/2005] [Accepted: 03/22/2005] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The 70S ribosome and its complement of factors required for initiation of translation in E. coli were purified separately and reassembled in vitro with GDPNP, producing a stable initiation complex (IC) stalled after 70S assembly. We have obtained a cryo-EM reconstruction of the IC showing IF2*GDPNP at the intersubunit cleft of the 70S ribosome. IF2*GDPNP contacts the 30S and 50S subunits as well as fMet-tRNA(fMet). IF2 here adopts a conformation radically different from that seen in the recent crystal structure of IF2. The C-terminal domain of IF2 binds to the single-stranded portion of fMet-tRNA(fMet), thereby forcing the tRNA into a novel orientation at the P site. The GTP binding domain of IF2 binds to the GTPase-associated center of the 50S subunit in a manner similar to EF-G and EF-Tu. Additionally, we present evidence for the localization of IF1, IF3, one C-terminal domain of L7/L12, and the N-terminal domain of IF2 in the initiation complex.
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- Gregory S Allen
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Health Research, Inc. at the Wadsworth Center, Albany, New York 12201, USA
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Laursen BS, Sørensen HP, Mortensen KK, Sperling-Petersen HU. Initiation of protein synthesis in bacteria. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2005; 69:101-23. [PMID: 15755955 PMCID: PMC1082788 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.69.1.101-123.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 415] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Valuable information on translation initiation is available from biochemical data and recently solved structures. We present a detailed description of current knowledge about the structure, function, and interactions of the individual components involved in bacterial translation initiation. The first section describes the ribosomal features relevant to the initiation process. Subsequent sections describe the structure, function, and interactions of the mRNA, the initiator tRNA, and the initiation factors IF1, IF2, and IF3. Finally, we provide an overview of mechanisms of regulation of the translation initiation event. Translation occurs on ribonucleoprotein complexes called ribosomes. The ribosome is composed of a large subunit and a small subunit that hold the activities of peptidyltransfer and decode the triplet code of the mRNA, respectively. Translation initiation is promoted by IF1, IF2, and IF3, which mediate base pairing of the initiator tRNA anticodon to the mRNA initiation codon located in the ribosomal P-site. The mechanism of translation initiation differs for canonical and leaderless mRNAs, since the latter is dependent on the relative level of the initiation factors. Regulation of translation occurs primarily in the initiation phase. Secondary structures at the mRNA ribosomal binding site (RBS) inhibit translation initiation. The accessibility of the RBS is regulated by temperature and binding of small metabolites, proteins, or antisense RNAs. The future challenge is to obtain atomic-resolution structures of complete initiation complexes in order to understand the mechanism of translation initiation in molecular detail.
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- Brian Søgaard Laursen
- Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds vej 10C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Spencer AC, Spremulli LL. The interaction of mitochondrial translational initiation factor 2 with the small ribosomal subunit. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2005; 1750:69-81. [PMID: 15935986 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2005.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2005] [Revised: 03/03/2005] [Accepted: 03/07/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bovine mitochondrial translational initiation factor 2 (IF-2(mt)) is organized into four domains, an N-terminal domain, a central G-domain and two C-terminal domains. These domains correspond to domains III-VI in the six-domain model of Escherichia coli IF-2. Variants in IF-2(mt) were prepared and tested for their abilities to bind the small (28S) subunit of the mitochondrial ribosome. The binding of wild-type IF-2(mt) was strong (K(d) approximately 10-20 nM) and was not affected by fMet-tRNA. Deletion of the N-terminal domain substantially reduced the binding of IF-2(mt) to 28S subunits. However, the addition of fMet-tRNA stimulated the binding of this variant at least 2-fold demonstrating that contacts between fMet-tRNA and IF-2(mt) can stabilize the binding of this factor to 28S subunits. No binding was observed for IF-2(mt) variants lacking the G-domain which probably plays a critical role in organizing the structure of IF-2(mt). IF-2(mt) contains a 37-amino acid insertion region between domains V and VI that is not found in the prokaryotic factors. Mutations in this region caused a significant reduction in the ability of the factor to promote initiation complex formation and to bind 28S subunits.
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- Angela C Spencer
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290, USA
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Laursen BS, Kjaergaard AC, Mortensen KK, Hoffman DW, Sperling-Petersen HU. The N-terminal domain (IF2N) of bacterial translation initiation factor IF2 is connected to the conserved C-terminal domains by a flexible linker. Protein Sci 2004; 13:230-9. [PMID: 14691238 PMCID: PMC2286522 DOI: 10.1110/ps.03337604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bacterial translation initiation factor IF2 is a multidomain protein that is an essential component of a system for ensuring that protein synthesis begins at the correct codon within a messenger RNA. Full-length IF2 from Escherichia coli and seven fragments of the protein were expressed, purified, and characterized using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and circular dichroism (CD) methods. Interestingly, resonances of the 6 kD IF2N domain located at the extreme N terminus of IF2 can be clearly identified within the NMR spectra of the full-length 97-kD protein. (15)N NMR relaxation rate data indicate that (1) the IF2N domain is internally well ordered and tumbles in solution in a manner that is independent of the other domains of the IF2 protein, and (2) the IF2N domain is connected to the C-terminal regions of IF2 by a flexible linker. Chemical shifts of resonances within the isolated IF2N domain do not significantly differ from those of the corresponding residues within the context of the full-length 97-kD protein, indicating that IF2N is a structurally independent unit that does not strongly interact with other regions of IF2. CD and NMR data together provide evidence that Domains I-III of IF2 have unstructured and flexible regions as well as substantial helical content; CD data indicate that the helical content of these regions decreases significantly at temperatures above 35 degrees C. The features of structurally well-ordered N- and C-terminal domains connected by a flexible linker with significant helical content are reminiscent of another translation initiation factor, IF3.
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Sørensen HP, Kristensen JE, Sperling-Petersen HU, Mortensen KK. Soluble expression of aggregating proteins by covalent coupling to the ribosome. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 319:715-9. [PMID: 15184041 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.05.081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Ribosomes are extremely soluble ribonucleoprotein complexes. Heterologous target proteins were fused to ribosomal protein L23 (rpL23) and expressed in an rpL23 deficient Escherichia coli strain. This enabled the isolation of 70S ribosomes with covalently bound target protein. Isolation of recombinant proteins from 70S ribosomes was achieved by specific proteolytic cleavage followed by efficient removal of ribosomes by centrifugation. By this procedure we isolated active green fluorescent protein, streptavidin (SA), and murine interleukin-6 (mIL-6). Approximately 500microg of each protein was isolated per gram cellular wet weight. By pull-down assays we demonstrate that SA covalently bound to the ribosome binds d-biotin. Ribosomal coupling is therefore suggested as a method for the investigation of protein interactions. The presented strategy is in particular efficient for the expression, purification, and investigation of proteins forming inclusion bodies in the E. coli cytoplasm.
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- Hans Peter Sørensen
- Laboratory of BioDesign, Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10 C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Spremulli LL, Coursey A, Navratil T, Hunter SE. Initiation and elongation factors in mammalian mitochondrial protein biosynthesis. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2004; 77:211-61. [PMID: 15196894 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(04)77006-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Linda L Spremulli
- Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290, USA
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Laursen BS, Mortensen KK, Sperling-Petersen HU, Hoffman DW. A conserved structural motif at the N terminus of bacterial translation initiation factor IF2. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:16320-8. [PMID: 12600987 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212960200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The 18-kDa Domain I from the N-terminal region of translation initiation factor IF2 from Escherichia coli was expressed, purified, and structurally characterized using multidimensional NMR methods. Residues 2-50 were found to form a compact subdomain containing three short beta-strands and three alpha-helices, folded to form a betaalphaalphabetabetaalpha motif with the three helices packed on the same side of a small twisted beta-sheet. The hydrophobic amino acids in the core of the subdomain are conserved in a wide range of species, indicating that a similarly structured motif is present at the N terminus of IF2 in many of the bacteria. External to the compact 50-amino acid subdomain, residues 51-97 are less conserved and do not appear to form a regular structure, whereas residues 98-157 form a helix containing a repetitive sequence of mostly hydrophilic amino acids. Nitrogen-15 relaxation rate measurements provide evidence that the first 50 residues form a well ordered subdomain, whereas other regions of Domain I are significantly more mobile. The compact subdomain at the N terminus of IF2 shows structural homology to the tRNA anticodon stem contact fold domains of the methionyl-tRNA and glutaminyl-tRNA synthetases, and a similar fold is also found in the B5 domain of the phenylalanine-tRNA synthetase. The results of the present work will provide guidance for the design of future experiments directed toward understanding the functional roles of this widely conserved structural domain within IF2.
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Laursen BS, de A Steffensen SA, Hedegaard J, Moreno JMP, Mortensen KK, Sperling-Petersen HU. Structural requirements of the mRNA for intracistronic translation initiation of the enterobacterial infB gene. Genes Cells 2003; 7:901-10. [PMID: 12296821 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.2002.00571.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The gene infB encodes the prokaryotic translation initiation factor IF2, a central macromolecular component in the formation of the ribosomal 70S initiation complex. In Escherichia coli, infB encodes three forms of IF2: IF2alpha, IF2beta and IF2gamma. The expression of IF2beta and IF2gamma is a tandem translation from intact infB mRNA and not merely a translation of post-transcriptionally truncated mRNA. The molecular mechanism responsible for the ribosomal recognition of the two intracistronic translation initiation sites in E. coli infB is not well characterized. RESULTS We found three different forms of IF2 in Enterobacter cloacae, Klebsiella oxytoca, Salmonella enterica, Salmonella typhimurium, and two different forms in Proteus vulgaris. We identified the intracistronic translation initiation sites of the mRNA by isolation and N-terminal sequencing of the shorter isoforms of IF2 in S. enterica and S. typhimurium. A further search in the readily available public sequence databases revealed that infB from Yersinia pestis also contains an intracistronic in-frame initiation site used for the translation of IF2beta. The base composition in a part of the 5' end of the DNA coding strand of the enterobacterial infB gene shows a strong preference for adenine (A) over thymine (T) with a maximum ratio of A-to-T around the intracistronic initiation sites. We demonstrate that the mRNA has an open structure around the ribosomal binding region. CONCLUSION Efficient intracistronic translation initiation of the infB gene is suggested to require an mRNA with this special base composition that results in an open, single-stranded structure at the ribosomal binding region.
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- Brian Søgaard Laursen
- Laboratory of BioDesign, Department of Molecular and Structural Biology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 10C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Valásek L, Mathew AA, Shin BS, Nielsen KH, Szamecz B, Hinnebusch AG. The yeast eIF3 subunits TIF32/a, NIP1/c, and eIF5 make critical connections with the 40S ribosome in vivo. Genes Dev 2003; 17:786-99. [PMID: 12651896 PMCID: PMC196014 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1065403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Initiation factor 3 (eIF3) forms a multifactor complex (MFC) with eIF1, eIF2, and eIF5 that stimulates Met-tRNA(i)(Met) binding to 40S ribosomes and promotes scanning or AUG recognition. We have previously characterized MFC subcomplexes produced in vivo from affinity-tagged eIF3 subunits lacking discrete binding domains for other MFC components. Here we asked whether these subcomplexes can bind to 40S ribosomes in vivo. We found that the N- and C-terminal domains of NIP1/eIF3c, the N- and C-terminal domains of TIF32/eIF3a, and eIF5 have critical functions in 40S binding, with eIF5 and the TIF32-CTD performing redundant functions. The TIF32-CTD interacted in vitro with helices 16-18 of domain I in 18S rRNA, and the TIF32-NTD and NIP1 interacted with 40S protein RPS0A. These results suggest that eIF3 binds to the solvent side of the 40S subunit in a way that provides access to the interface side for the two eIF3 segments (NIP1-NTD and TIF32-CTD) that interact with eIF1, eIF5, and the eIF2/GTP/Met-tRNA(i)(Met) ternary complex.
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- Leos Valásek
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Shin BS, Maag D, Roll-Mecak A, Arefin MS, Burley SK, Lorsch JR, Dever TE. Uncoupling of initiation factor eIF5B/IF2 GTPase and translational activities by mutations that lower ribosome affinity. Cell 2002; 111:1015-25. [PMID: 12507428 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(02)01171-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Translation initiation factor eIF5B/IF2 is a GTPase that promotes ribosomal subunit joining. We show that eIF5B mutations in Switch I, an element conserved in all GTP binding domains, impair GTP hydrolysis and general translation but not eIF5B subunit joining function. Intragenic suppressors of the Switch I mutation restore general translation, but not eIF5B GTPase activity. These suppressor mutations reduce the ribosome affinity of eIF5B and increase AUG skipping/leaky scanning. The uncoupling of translation and eIF5B GTPase activity suggests a regulatory rather than mechanical function for eIF5B GTP hydrolysis in translation initiation. The translational defect suggests eIF5B stabilizes Met-tRNA(i)(Met) binding and that GTP hydrolysis by eIF5B is a checkpoint monitoring 80S ribosome assembly in the final step of translation initiation.
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- Byung-Sik Shin
- Laboratory of Gene Regulation and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Belova L, Tenson T, Xiong L, McNicholas PM, Mankin AS. A novel site of antibiotic action in the ribosome: interaction of evernimicin with the large ribosomal subunit. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:3726-31. [PMID: 11259679 PMCID: PMC31120 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.071527498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Evernimicin (Evn), an oligosaccharide antibiotic, interacts with the large ribosomal subunit and inhibits bacterial protein synthesis. RNA probing demonstrated that the drug protects a specific set of nucleotides in the loops of hairpins 89 and 91 of 23S rRNA in bacterial and archaeal ribosomes. Spontaneous Evn-resistant mutants of Halobacterium halobium contained mutations in hairpins 89 and 91 of 23S rRNA. In the ribosome tertiary structure, rRNA residues involved in interaction with the drug form a tight cluster that delineates the drug-binding site. Resistance mutations in the bacterial ribosomal protein L16, which is shown to be homologous to archaeal protein L10e, cluster to the same region as the rRNA mutations. The Evn-binding site overlaps with the binding site of initiation factor 2. Evn inhibits activity of initiation factor 2 in vitro, suggesting that the drug interferes with formation of the 70S initiation complex. The site of Evn binding and its mode of action are distinct from other ribosome-targeted antibiotics. This antibiotic target site can potentially be used for the development of new antibacterial drugs.
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MESH Headings
- Aminoglycosides
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology
- Binding Sites
- Drug Resistance, Microbial/genetics
- Halobacterium salinarum/chemistry
- Halobacterium salinarum/genetics
- Halobacterium salinarum/isolation & purification
- Models, Molecular
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- RNA, Archaeal/chemistry
- RNA, Archaeal/drug effects
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/drug effects
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/drug effects
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
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- L Belova
- Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, M/C 870, University of Illinois, 900 South Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
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Szkaradkiewicz K, Zuleeg T, Limmer S, Sprinzl M. Interaction of fMet-tRNAfMet and fMet-AMP with the C-terminal domain of Thermus thermophilus translation initiation factor 2. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:4290-9. [PMID: 10866834 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1033.2000.01480.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Two polypeptides resistant against proteolytic digestion were identified in Thermus thermophilus translation initiation factor 2 (IF2): the central part of the protein (domains II/III), and the C-terminal domain (domain IV). The interaction of intact IF2 and the isolated proteolytic fragments with fMet-tRNAfMet was subsequently characterized. The isolated C-terminal domain was as effective in binding of the 3' end of fMet-tRNAf Met as intact IF2. N-Formylation of Met-tRNAfMet was required for its efficient binding to the C-terminal domain. This suggests that the interaction between the C-terminal domain and the 3' end of fMet-tRNAfMet is responsible for the recognition of fMet-tRNAfMet by IF2 during translation initiation. Moreover, it was demonstrated that fMet-AMP is a minimal ligand of IF2. fMet-AMP inhibits fMet-tRNAfMet binding to IF2 as well as the activity of IF2 in the stimulation of ApUpG-dependent ribosomal binding of fMet-tRNAf Met. Specific interaction of fMet-AMP with IF2 was demonstrated by 1H-NMR spectroscopy. These findings indicate that fMet-AMP and the 3' terminal fMet-adenosine of fMet-tRNAfMet use the same binding site on the C-terminal domain of IF2 and imply that the interaction between the C-terminal domain and the 3' end of fMet-tRNAfMet is primarily responsible for the fMet-tRNAfMet binding and recognition by IF2.
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Hedegaard J, Hauge M, Fage-Larsen J, Mortensen KK, Kilian M, Sperling-Petersen HU, Poulsen K. Investigation of the translation-initiation factor IF2 gene, infB, as a tool to study the population structure of Streptococcus agalactiae. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2000; 146 ( Pt 7):1661-1670. [PMID: 10878130 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-146-7-1661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The sequence of infB, encoding the prokaryotic translation-initiation factor 2 (IF2), was determined in eight strains of Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus) and an alignment revealed limited intraspecies diversity within S. agalactiae. The amino acid sequence of IF2 from S. agalactiae and from related species were aligned and revealed an interspecies conserved central and C-terminal part, and an N-terminal part that is highly variable in length and amino acid sequence. The diversity and relationships in a collection of 58 genetically distinct strains of S. agalactiae were evaluated by comparing a partial sequence of infB. A total of six alleles were detected for the region of infB analysed. The alleles correlated with the separation of the same strains of S. agalactiae into major evolutionary lineages, as shown in previous work. The partial sequences of infB were furthermore used in phylogenetic analyses of species closely related to S. agalactiae, yielding an evolutionary tree which had a topology similar to a tree constructed using 16S rRNA sequences from the same species.
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- Jakob Hedegaard
- Department of Biostructural Chemistry, Institute of Molecular and Structural Biology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wiedsvej 10C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark1
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, The Bartholin Building, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark2
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- Department of Biostructural Chemistry, Institute of Molecular and Structural Biology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wiedsvej 10C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark1
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- Department of Biostructural Chemistry, Institute of Molecular and Structural Biology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wiedsvej 10C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark1
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, The Bartholin Building, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark2
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- Department of Biostructural Chemistry, Institute of Molecular and Structural Biology, Aarhus University, Gustav Wiedsvej 10C, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark1
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, The Bartholin Building, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark2
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Moreno JM, Drskjøtersen L, Kristensen JE, Mortensen KK, Sperling-Petersen HU. Characterization of the domains of E. coli initiation factor IF2 responsible for recognition of the ribosome. FEBS Lett 1999; 455:130-4. [PMID: 10428486 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00858-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We have studied the interactions between the ribosome and the domains of Escherichia coli translation initiation factor 2, using an in vitro ribosomal binding assay with wild-type forms, N- and C-terminal truncated forms of IF2 as well as isolated structural domains. A deletion mutant of the factor consisting of the two N-terminal domains of IF2, binds to both 30S and 50S ribosomal subunits as well as to 70S ribosomes. Furthermore, a truncated form of IF2, lacking the two N-terminal domains, binds to 30S ribosomal subunits in the presence of IF1. In addition, this N-terminal deletion mutant IF2 possess a low but significant affinity for the 70S ribosome which is increased by addition of IF1. The isolated C-terminal domain of IF2 has no intrinsic affinity for the ribosome nor does the deletion of this domain from IF2 affect the ribosomal binding capability of IF2. We conclude that the N-terminus of IF2 is required for optimal interaction of the factor with both 30S and 50S ribosomal subunits. A structural model for the interaction of IF2 with the ribosome is presented.
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- J M Moreno
- Department of Biostructural Chemistry, Institute of Molecular and Structural Biology, Aarhus University, Denmark
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