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Joseph AP, Bhat P, Das S, Srinivasan N. Re-analysis of cryoEM data on HCV IRES bound to 40S subunit of human ribosome integrated with recent structural information suggests new contact regions between ribosomal proteins and HCV RNA. RNA Biol 2015; 11:891-905. [PMID: 25268799 DOI: 10.4161/rna.29545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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In this study, we combine available high resolution structural information on eukaryotic ribosomes with low resolution cryo-EM data on the Hepatitis C Viral RNA (IRES) human ribosome complex. Aided further by the prediction of RNA-protein interactions and restrained docking studies, we gain insights on their interaction at the residue level. We identified the components involved at the major and minor contact regions, and propose that there are energetically favorable local interactions between 40S ribosomal proteins and IRES domains. Domain II of the IRES interacts with ribosomal proteins S5 and S25 while the pseudoknot and the downstream domain IV region bind to ribosomal proteins S26, S28 and S5. We also provide support using UV cross-linking studies to validate our proposition of interaction between the S5 and IRES domains II and IV. We found that domain IIIe makes contact with the ribosomal protein S3a (S1e). Our model also suggests that the ribosomal protein S27 interacts with domain IIIc while S7 has a weak contact with a single base RNA bulge between junction IIIabc and IIId. The interacting residues are highly conserved among mammalian homologs while IRES RNA bases involved in contact do not show strict conservation. IRES RNA binding sites for S25 and S3a show the best conservation among related viral IRESs. The new contacts identified between ribosomal proteins and RNA are consistent with previous independent studies on RNA-binding properties of ribosomal proteins reported in literature, though information at the residue level is not available in previous studies.
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- Agnel Praveen Joseph
- Molecular Biophysics Unit. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; Present address: Science and Technology Facilities Council, RAL, Harwell, Didcot, UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Gill JJ, Berry JD, Russell WK, Lessor L, Escobar-Garcia DA, Hernandez D, Kane A, Keene J, Maddox M, Martin R, Mohan S, Thorn AM, Russell DH, Young R. The Caulobacter crescentus phage phiCbK: genomics of a canonical phage. BMC Genomics 2012; 13:542. [PMID: 23050599 PMCID: PMC3556154 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background The bacterium Caulobacter crescentus is a popular model for the study of cell cycle regulation and senescence. The large prolate siphophage phiCbK has been an important tool in C. crescentus biology, and has been studied in its own right as a model for viral morphogenesis. Although a system of some interest, to date little genomic information is available on phiCbK or its relatives. Results Five novel phiCbK-like C. crescentus bacteriophages, CcrMagneto, CcrSwift, CcrKarma, CcrRogue and CcrColossus, were isolated from the environment. The genomes of phage phiCbK and these five environmental phage isolates were obtained by 454 pyrosequencing. The phiCbK-like phage genomes range in size from 205 kb encoding 318 proteins (phiCbK) to 280 kb encoding 448 proteins (CcrColossus), and were found to contain nonpermuted terminal redundancies of 10 to 17 kb. A novel method of terminal ligation was developed to map genomic termini, which confirmed termini predicted by coverage analysis. This suggests that sequence coverage discontinuities may be useable as predictors of genomic termini in phage genomes. Genomic modules encoding virion morphogenesis, lysis and DNA replication proteins were identified. The phiCbK-like phages were also found to encode a number of intriguing proteins; all contain a clearly T7-like DNA polymerase, and five of the six encode a possible homolog of the C. crescentus cell cycle regulator GcrA, which may allow the phage to alter the host cell’s replicative state. The structural proteome of phage phiCbK was determined, identifying the portal, major and minor capsid proteins, the tail tape measure and possible tail fiber proteins. All six phage genomes are clearly related; phiCbK, CcrMagneto, CcrSwift, CcrKarma and CcrRogue form a group related at the DNA level, while CcrColossus is more diverged but retains significant similarity at the protein level. Conclusions Due to their lack of any apparent relationship to other described phages, this group is proposed as the founding cohort of a new phage type, the phiCbK-like phages. This work will serve as a foundation for future studies on morphogenesis, infection and phage-host interactions in C. crescentus.
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- Jason J Gill
- Center for Phage Technology, 2128 TAMU, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, TX 77843, USA
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Harish A, Caetano-Anollés G. Ribosomal history reveals origins of modern protein synthesis. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32776. [PMID: 22427882 PMCID: PMC3299690 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2011] [Accepted: 01/30/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The origin and evolution of the ribosome is central to our understanding of the cellular world. Most hypotheses posit that the ribosome originated in the peptidyl transferase center of the large ribosomal subunit. However, these proposals do not link protein synthesis to RNA recognition and do not use a phylogenetic comparative framework to study ribosomal evolution. Here we infer evolution of the structural components of the ribosome. Phylogenetic methods widely used in morphometrics are applied directly to RNA structures of thousands of molecules and to a census of protein structures in hundreds of genomes. We find that components of the small subunit involved in ribosomal processivity evolved earlier than the catalytic peptidyl transferase center responsible for protein synthesis. Remarkably, subunit RNA and proteins coevolved, starting with interactions between the oldest proteins (S12 and S17) and the oldest substructure (the ribosomal ratchet) in the small subunit and ending with the rise of a modern multi-subunit ribosome. Ancestral ribonucleoprotein components show similarities to in vitro evolved RNA replicase ribozymes and protein structures in extant replication machinery. Our study therefore provides important clues about the chicken-or-egg dilemma associated with the central dogma of molecular biology by showing that ribosomal history is driven by the gradual structural accretion of protein and RNA structures. Most importantly, results suggest that functionally important and conserved regions of the ribosome were recruited and could be relics of an ancient ribonucleoprotein world.
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- Evolutionary Bioinformatics Laboratory, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States of America
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Sijenyi F, Saro P, Ouyang Z, Damm-Ganamet K, Wood M, Jiang J, SantaLucia J. The RNA Folding Problems: Different Levels of sRNA Structure Prediction. NUCLEIC ACIDS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-25740-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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This year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry celebrates a multitude of research areas, making the difficult selection of those most responsible for providing atomic details of the nanomachine that makes proteins according to genetic instructions. The Ribosome and RNA polymerase (recognized in 2006) structures highlight a puzzling asymmetry at the origins of biology.
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- Charles W Carter
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, CB 7260, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7260, USA.
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Zakeri B, Wright GD. Chemical biology of tetracycline antibioticsThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue, entitled CSBMCB — Systems and Chemical Biology, and has undergone the Journal's usual peer review process. Biochem Cell Biol 2008; 86:124-36. [DOI: 10.1139/o08-002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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For more than half a century, tetracycline antibiotics have been used to treat infectious disease. However, what once used to be a commonly prescribed family of antibiotics has now decreased in effectiveness due to wide-spread bacterial resistance. The chemical scaffold of the tetracyclines is a versatile and modifiable structure that is able to interact with many cellular targets. The recent availability of detailed molecular interactions between tetracycline and its cellular targets, along with an understanding of the tetracycline biosynthetic pathway, has provided us with a unique opportunity to usher in a new era of rational drug design. Herein we discuss recent findings that have clarified the mode of action and the biosynthetic pathway of tetracyclines and that have shed light on the chemical biology of tetracycline antibiotics.
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- Bijan Zakeri
- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, 1200 Main St. W, Hamilton, ON L8N 3Z5, Canada
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The ybiN gene of Escherichia coli encodes adenine-N6 methyltransferase specific for modification of A1618 of 23 S ribosomal RNA, a methylated residue located close to the ribosomal exit tunnel. J Mol Biol 2007; 375:291-300. [PMID: 18021804 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.10.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2007] [Revised: 10/07/2007] [Accepted: 10/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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N(6)-Methyladenosine 1618 of Escherichia coli 23 S rRNA is located in a cluster of modified nucleotides 12 A away from the nascent peptide tunnel of the ribosome. Here, we describe the identification of gene ybiN encoding an enzyme responsible for methylation of A1618. Knockout of the ybiN gene leads to loss of modification at A1618. The modification is restored if ybiN knock-out strain has been co-transformed with a plasmid expressing the ybiN gene. On the basis of these results we suggest that ybiN gene should be renamed to rlmF in accordance with the accepted nomenclature for rRNA methyltransferases. Recombinant YbiN protein is able to methylate partially deproteinized 50 S ribosomal subunit, so-called 3.5 M LiCl core particle in vitro, but neither the completely assembled 50 S subunits nor completely deproteinized 23 S rRNA. Both lack of the ybiN gene and it's over-expression leads to growth retardation and loss of cell fitness comparative to the parental strain. It might be suggested that A1618 modification could be necessary for the exit tunnel interaction with some unknown regulatory peptides.
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Sergiev PV, Bogdanov AA, Dontsova OA. Ribosomal RNA guanine-(N2)-methyltransferases and their targets. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:2295-301. [PMID: 17389639 PMCID: PMC1874633 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Five nearly universal methylated guanine-(N2) residues are present in bacterial rRNA in the ribosome. To date four out of five ribosomal RNA guanine-(N2)-methyltransferases are described. RsmC(YjjT) methylates G1207 of the 16S rRNA. RlmG(YgjO) and RlmL(YcbY) are responsible for the 23S rRNA m2G1835 and m2G2445 formation, correspondingly. RsmD(YhhF) is necessary for methylation of G966 residue of 16S rRNA. Structure of Escherichia coli RsmD(YhhF) methyltransferase and the structure of the Methanococcus jannaschii RsmC ortholog were determined. All ribosomal guanine-(N2)-methyltransferases have similar AdoMet-binding sites. In relation to the ribosomal substrate recognition, two enzymes that recognize assembled subunits are relatively small single domain proteins and two enzymes that recognize naked rRNA are larger proteins containing separate methyltransferase- and RNA-binding domains. The model for recognition of specific target nucleotide is proposed. The hypothetical role of the m2G residues in rRNA is discussed.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +7-495-9395418+7-495-9393181
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Lesnyak DV, Osipiuk J, Skarina T, Sergiev PV, Bogdanov AA, Edwards A, Savchenko A, Joachimiak A, Dontsova OA. Methyltransferase that modifies guanine 966 of the 16 S rRNA: functional identification and tertiary structure. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:5880-7. [PMID: 17189261 PMCID: PMC2885967 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608214200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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N(2)-Methylguanine 966 is located in the loop of Escherichia coli 16 S rRNA helix 31, forming a part of the P-site tRNA-binding pocket. We found yhhF to be a gene encoding for m(2)G966 specific 16 S rRNA methyltransferase. Disruption of the yhhF gene by kanamycin resistance marker leads to a loss of modification at G966. The modification could be rescued by expression of recombinant protein from the plasmid carrying the yhhF gene. Moreover, purified m(2)G966 methyltransferase, in the presence of S-adenosylomethionine (AdoMet), is able to methylate 30 S ribosomal subunits that were purified from yhhF knock-out strain in vitro. The methylation is specific for G966 base of the 16 S rRNA. The m(2)G966 methyltransferase was crystallized, and its structure has been determined and refined to 2.05A(.) The structure closely resembles RsmC rRNA methyltransferase, specific for m(2)G1207 of the 16 S rRNA. Structural comparisons and analysis of the enzyme active site suggest modes for binding AdoMet and rRNA to m(2)G966 methyltransferase. Based on the experimental data and current nomenclature the protein expressed from the yhhF gene was renamed to RsmD. A model for interaction of RsmD with ribosome has been proposed.
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- Dmitry V. Lesnyak
- Department of Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics and Structural Biology Center, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G IL6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry and A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G IL6, Canada
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- Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G IL6, Canada
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- Midwest Center for Structural Genomics and Structural Biology Center, Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
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- Department of Chemistry and A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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Lesnyak DV, Sergiev PV, Bogdanov AA, Dontsova OA. Identification of Escherichia coli m2G methyltransferases: I. the ycbY gene encodes a methyltransferase specific for G2445 of the 23 S rRNA. J Mol Biol 2006; 364:20-5. [PMID: 17010378 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2006] [Revised: 09/01/2006] [Accepted: 09/01/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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N2-methylguanosine 2445 of the 23 S rRNA is located in a cluster of modified nucleotides concentrated at the peptidyl transferase center of the ribosome. Here we describe the identification of a gene, ycbY, as encoding an enzyme responsible for methylation of G2445. Knock-out of the ycbY gene leads to loss of modification at G2445 as revealed by reverse transcription. The modification is restored in the ycbY knock-out strain if co-transformed with a plasmid expressing the ycbY gene product. Recombinant YcbY protein is able to methylate 23 S rRNA purified from the ycbY knock-out strain in vitro, assembled 50 S subunits are not a substrate for the methylase. Knock-out of the ycbY gene leads to growth retardation. Growth competition with the parental wild-type strain leads to a gradual decrease in the knock-out strain cells proportion in the media. It is likely that the G2445 modification is necessary for prevention of non-functional secondary or tertiary structure formation at the peptidyl transferase center. Based on these results we suggest that YcbY be renamed to RlmL in accordance with the accepted nomenclature for rRNA methyltransferases.
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- Dmitry V Lesnyak
- Department of Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
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Francois P, Charbonnier Y, Jacquet J, Utinger D, Bento M, Lew D, Kresbach GM, Ehrat M, Schlegel W, Schrenzel J. Rapid bacterial identification using evanescent-waveguide oligonucleotide microarray classification. J Microbiol Methods 2006; 65:390-403. [PMID: 16216356 DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2005.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2005] [Revised: 08/16/2005] [Accepted: 08/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Bacterial identification relies primarily on culture-based methodologies and requires 48-72 h to deliver results. We developed and used i) a bioinformatics strategy to select oligonucleotide signature probes, ii) a rapid procedure for RNA labelling and hybridization, iii) an evanescent-waveguide oligoarray with exquisite signal/noise performance, and iv) informatics methods for microarray data analysis. Unique 19-mer signature oligonucleotides were selected in the 5'-end of 16s rDNA genes of human pathogenic bacteria. Oligonucleotides spotted onto a Ta(2)O(5)-coated microarray surface were incubated with chemically labelled total bacterial RNA. Rapid hybridization and stringent washings were performed before scanning and analyzing the slide. In the present paper, the eight most abundant bacterial pathogens representing >54% of positive blood cultures were selected. Hierarchical clustering analysis of hybridization data revealed characteristic patterns, even for closely related species. We then evaluated artificial intelligence-based approaches that outperformed conventional threshold-based identification schemes on cognate probes. At this stage, the complete procedure applied to spiked blood cultures was completed in less than 6 h. In conclusion, when coupled to optimal signal detection strategy, microarrays provide bacterial identification within a few hours post-sampling, allowing targeted antimicrobial prescription.
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- Patrice Francois
- University Hospitals of Geneva, Genomic Research Laboratory, Service of Infectious Diseases, Switzerland.
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Behrens S, Fuchs BM, Mueller F, Amann R. Is the in situ accessibility of the 16S rRNA of Escherichia coli for Cy3-labeled oligonucleotide probes predicted by a three-dimensional structure model of the 30S ribosomal subunit? Appl Environ Microbiol 2003; 69:4935-41. [PMID: 12902289 PMCID: PMC169109 DOI: 10.1128/aem.69.8.4935-4941.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Systematic studies on the hybridization of fluorescently labeled, rRNA-targeted oligonucleotides have shown strong variations in in situ accessibility. Reliable predictions of target site accessibility would contribute to more-rational design of probes for the identification of individual microbial cells in their natural environments. During the past 3 years, numerous studies of the higher-order structure of the ribosome have advanced our understanding of its spatial conformation. These studies range from the identification of rRNA-rRNA interactions based on covariation analyses to physical imaging of the ribosome for the identification of protein-rRNA interactions. Here we reevaluate our Escherichia coli 16S rRNA in situ accessibility data with regard to a tertiary-structure model of the small subunit of the ribosome. We localized target sequences of 176 oligonucleotides on a 3.0-A-resolution three-dimensional (3D) model of the 30S ribosomal subunit. Little correlation was found between probe hybridization efficiency and the proximity of the probe target region to the surface of the 30S ribosomal subunit model. We attribute this to the fact that fluorescence in situ hybridization is performed on fixed cells containing denatured ribosomes, whereas 3D models of the ribosome are based on its native conformation. The effects of different fixation and hybridization protocols on the fluorescence signals conferred by a set of 10 representative probes were tested. The presence or absence of the strongly denaturing detergent sodium dodecyl sulfate had a much more pronounced effect than a change of fixative from paraformaldehyde to ethanol.
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- Sebastian Behrens
- Max Planck Institute of Marine Microbiology, Bremen. Max Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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Sergiev P, Leonov A, Dokudovskaya S, Shpanchenko O, Dontsova O, Bogdanov A, Rinke-Appel J, Mueller F, Osswald M, von Knoblauch K, Brimacombe R. Correlating the X-ray structures for halo- and thermophilic ribosomal subunits with biochemical data for the Escherichia coli ribosome. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2003; 66:87-100. [PMID: 12762011 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2001.66.87] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- P Sergiev
- Department of Chemistry of Natural Compounds and Belozersky Institute, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia
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Schmitz-Linneweber C, Regel R, Du TG, Hupfer H, Herrmann RG, Maier RM. The plastid chromosome of Atropa belladonna and its comparison with that of Nicotiana tabacum: the role of RNA editing in generating divergence in the process of plant speciation. Mol Biol Evol 2002; 19:1602-12. [PMID: 12200487 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The nuclear and plastid genomes of the plant cell form a coevolving unit which in interspecific combinations can lead to genetic incompatibility of compartments even between closely related taxa. This phenomenon has been observed for instance in Atropa-Nicotiana cybrids. We have sequenced the plastid chromosome of Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade), a circular DNA molecule of 156,688 bp, and compared it with the corresponding published sequence of its relative Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) to understand how divergence at the level of this genome can contribute to nuclear-plastid incompatibilities and to speciation. It appears that (1) regulatory elements, i.e., promoters as well as translational and replicational signal elements, are well conserved between the two species; (2) genes--including introns--are even more highly conserved, with differences residing predominantly in regions of low functional importance; and (3) RNA editotypes differ between the two species, which makes this process an intriguing candidate for causing rapid reproductive isolation of populations.
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Seo HS, Cooperman BS. Large-scale motions within ribosomal 50S subunits as demonstrated using photolabile oligonucleotides. Bioorg Chem 2002; 30:163-87. [PMID: 12406702 DOI: 10.1006/bioo.2002.1255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Photolabile oligonucleotides (PHONTs) bind to rRNA sequences to which they are complementary and, on photolysis, incorporate into neighboring ribosomal components. Here we report on photocrosslinking results obtained with PHONTs targeting 23S rRNA nucleotides 1882-1892, in the long lateral arm of the 50S subunit (PHONT 1892), and 1085-1093, in the L11 binding domain (PHONT 1093). Photolysis of the PHONT 1892.50S and PHONT 1093.50S complexes leads to formation of 'long-range' crosslinks from C1892 to U1094/A1095 and G1950, and from G1093 to U1712/1716 and U1926, that are clearly incompatible with published crystal structures of 50S subunits. These results provide strong evidence that within the 50S subunit (a) the L11 binding domain can extend in an arm-like fashion, accessing large areas of the ribosome, and (b) the lateral arm can bend about the noncanonical helix at its center. Such motions may have functional relevance in identifying regions that undergo major conformational change as the ribosome moves through its catalytic cycle.
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- Hyuk-Soo Seo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104, USA
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Dolan MA, Babin P, Wollenzien P. Construction and analysis of base-paired regions of the 16S rRNA in the 30S ribosomal subunit determined by constraint satisfaction molecular modelling. J Mol Graph Model 2002; 19:495-513. [PMID: 11552678 DOI: 10.1016/s1093-3263(00)00097-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Structure models for each of the secondary structure regions from the Escherichia coli 16S rRNA (58 separate elements) were constructed using a constraint satisfaction modelling program to determine which helices deviated from classic A-form geometry. Constraints for each rRNA element included the comparative secondary structure, H-bonding conformations predicted from patterns of base-pair covariation, tertiary interactions predicted from covariation analysis, chemical probing data, rRNA-rRNA crosslinking information, and coordinates from solved structures. Models for each element were built using the MC-SYM modelling algorithm and subsequently were subjected to energy minimization to correct unfavorable geometry. Approximately two-thirds of the structures that result from the input data are very similar to A-form geometry. In the remaining instances, the presence of internal loops and bulges, some sequences (and sequence covariants) and accessory information require deviation from A-form geometry. The structures of regions containing more complex base-pairing arrangements including the central pseudoknot, the 530 region, and the pseudoknot involving base-pairing between G570-U571/A865-C866 and G861-C862/G867-C868 were predicted by this approach. These molecular models provide insight into the connection between patterns of H-bonding, the presence of unpaired nucleotides, and the overall geometry of each element.
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- M A Dolan
- Department of Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-762, USA
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The tet(L) gene of Bacillus subtilis confers low-level tetracycline (Tc) resistance. Previous work examining the >20-fold-inducible expression of tet(L) by Tc demonstrated a 12-fold translational induction. Here we show that the other component of tet(L) induction is at the level of mRNA stabilization. Addition of a subinhibitory concentration of Tc results in a two- to threefold increase in tet(L) mRNA stability. Using a plasmid-borne derivative of tet(L) with a large in-frame deletion of the coding sequence, the mechanism of Tc-induced stability was explored by measuring the decay of tet(L) mRNAs carrying specific mutations in the leader region. The results of these experiments, as well as experiments with a B. subtilis strain that is resistant to Tc due to a mutation in the ribosomal S10 protein, suggest different mechanisms for the effects of Tc on translation and on mRNA stability. The key role of the 5' end in determining mRNA stability was confirmed in these experiments. Surprisingly, the stability of several other B. subtilis mRNAs was also induced by Tc, which indicates that addition of Tc may result in a general stabilization of mRNA.
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- Yi Wei
- Department of Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, New York, New York 10029, USA
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Kubarenko AV, Sergiev PV, Bogdanov AA, Brimacombe R, Dontsova OA. A protonated base pair participating in rRNA tertiary structural interactions. Nucleic Acids Res 2001; 29:5067-70. [PMID: 11812838 PMCID: PMC97597 DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.24.5067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2001] [Revised: 10/22/2001] [Accepted: 10/22/2001] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In the recently published X-ray crystallographic structure for the 50S subunit of Haloarcula marismortui ribosomes, residue U2546 of the 23S rRNA forms a non-Watson-Crick base pair with U2610. The corresponding residues in the secondary structure of the Escherichia coli 23S molecule are U2511 and C2575, and it follows that the latter base (C2575) should be protonated in order to form a base pair that is isostructural with its counterpart in H.marismortui. This prediction was demonstrated experimentally by reduction with sodium borohydride followed by primer extension analysis; borohydride is able to reduce positively charged bases, yielding products which block reverse transcription. In the course of the analysis a further charged base pair (AH(+)1528-G1543) was identified in the E.coli 23S molecule. Both charged pairs (U2511-CH(+)2575 and AH(+)1528-G1543) were only observed in the context of the intact ribosomal subunit and were not seen in deproteinized rRNA.
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- A V Kubarenko
- Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia
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Cryo-electron microscopy allows the visualization of macromolecules in their native state. Combined with techniques of three-dimensional reconstruction, cryo-EM images of single molecules can be used to study macromolecular interactions. The ribosome, a large RNA-protein complex with multiple binding interactions, is an excellent test case illustrating the power of these new techniques. Conformational changes during the binding of tRNA and protein factors to the ribosome can now be studied without the interference of crystal packing. Now that the first X-ray structures of ribosomal subunits have become available, conformational changes observed by cryo-EM in different functional states can be traced back to internal rearrangements of the underlying structural framework. Electron microscopy, X-ray crystallography, and modeling should be used together in the endeavor to understand the functioning of the translational machinery.
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- J Frank
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Health Research, Inc. at the Wadsworth Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA
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Structural analyses of the large and small ribosomal subunits have allowed us to think about how they work in more detail than ever before. The mechanisms that underlie ribosomal synthesis, translocation and catalysis are now being unravelled, with practical implications for the design of antibiotics.
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- D L Lafontaine
- FNRS, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Département de Biologie Moléculaire, IRMW - Campus CERIA, Avenue Emile Gryson 1, B-1070 Brussels, Belgium.
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Moll I, Huber M, Grill S, Sairafi P, Mueller F, Brimacombe R, Londei P, Bläsi U. Evidence against an Interaction between the mRNA downstream box and 16S rRNA in translation initiation. J Bacteriol 2001; 183:3499-505. [PMID: 11344158 PMCID: PMC99648 DOI: 10.1128/jb.183.11.3499-3505.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Based on the complementarity of the initial coding region (downstream box [db]) of several bacterial and phage mRNAs to bases 1469 to 1483 in helix 44 of 16S rRNA (anti-downstream box [adb]), it has been proposed that db-adb base pairing enhances translation in a way that is similar to that of the Shine-Dalgarno (SD)/anti-Shine-Dalgarno (aSD) interaction. Computer modeling of helix 44 on the 30S subunit shows that the topography of the 30S ribosome does not allow a simultaneous db-adb interaction and placement of the initiation codon in the ribosomal P site. Thus, the db-adb interaction cannot substitute for the SD-aSD interaction in translation initiation. We have always argued that any contribution of the db-adb interaction should be most apparent on mRNAs devoid of an SD sequence. Here, we show that 30S ribosomes do not bind to leaderless mRNA in the absence of initiator tRNA, even when the initial coding region shows a 15-nucleotide complementarity (optimal fit) with the putative adb. In addition, an optimized db did not affect the translational efficiency of a leaderless lambda cI-lacZ reporter construct. Thus, the db-adb interaction can hardly serve as an initial recruitment signal for ribosomes. Moreover, we show that different leaderless mRNAs are translated in heterologous systems although the sequence of the putative adb's within helix 44 of the 30S subunits of the corresponding bacteria differ largely. Taken our data together with those of others (M. O'Connor, T. Asai, C. L. Squires, and A. E. Dahlberg, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96:8973-8978, 1999; A. La Teana, A. Brandi, M. O'Connor, S. Freddi, and C. L. Pon, RNA 6:1393-1402, 2000), we conclude that the db does not base pair with the adb.
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MESH Headings
- Base Pairing
- Base Sequence
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Protein Biosynthesis
- RNA, Messenger/chemistry
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/metabolism
- Thermus thermophilus/genetics
- Thermus thermophilus/metabolism
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- I Moll
- Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Vienna, Vienna Biocenter, Dr. Bohrgasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Pioletti M, Schlünzen F, Harms J, Zarivach R, Glühmann M, Avila H, Bashan A, Bartels H, Auerbach T, Jacobi C, Hartsch T, Yonath A, Franceschi F. Crystal structures of complexes of the small ribosomal subunit with tetracycline, edeine and IF3. EMBO J 2001; 20:1829-39. [PMID: 11296217 PMCID: PMC125237 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.8.1829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 362] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The small ribosomal subunit is responsible for the decoding of genetic information and plays a key role in the initiation of protein synthesis. We analyzed by X-ray crystallography the structures of three different complexes of the small ribosomal subunit of Thermus thermophilus with the A-site inhibitor tetracycline, the universal initiation inhibitor edeine and the C-terminal domain of the translation initiation factor IF3. The crystal structure analysis of the complex with tetracycline revealed the functionally important site responsible for the blockage of the A-site. Five additional tetracycline sites resolve most of the controversial biochemical data on the location of tetracycline. The interaction of edeine with the small subunit indicates its role in inhibiting initiation and shows its involvement with P-site tRNA. The location of the C-terminal domain of IF3, at the solvent side of the platform, sheds light on the formation of the initiation complex, and implies that the anti-association activity of IF3 is due to its influence on the conformational dynamics of the small ribosomal subunit.
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- Marta Pioletti
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, FB Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August Universität, Griesebacherstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, 76100 Rehovot, Israel and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Carabobo, Las Delicias, Maracay, Venezuela Corresponding author e-mail:
M.Pioletti, F.Schlünzen and J.Harms contributed equally to this work
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, FB Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August Universität, Griesebacherstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, 76100 Rehovot, Israel and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Carabobo, Las Delicias, Maracay, Venezuela Corresponding author e-mail:
M.Pioletti, F.Schlünzen and J.Harms contributed equally to this work
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, FB Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August Universität, Griesebacherstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, 76100 Rehovot, Israel and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Carabobo, Las Delicias, Maracay, Venezuela Corresponding author e-mail:
M.Pioletti, F.Schlünzen and J.Harms contributed equally to this work
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, FB Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August Universität, Griesebacherstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, 76100 Rehovot, Israel and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Carabobo, Las Delicias, Maracay, Venezuela Corresponding author e-mail:
M.Pioletti, F.Schlünzen and J.Harms contributed equally to this work
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, FB Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August Universität, Griesebacherstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, 76100 Rehovot, Israel and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Carabobo, Las Delicias, Maracay, Venezuela Corresponding author e-mail:
M.Pioletti, F.Schlünzen and J.Harms contributed equally to this work
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, FB Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August Universität, Griesebacherstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, 76100 Rehovot, Israel and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Carabobo, Las Delicias, Maracay, Venezuela Corresponding author e-mail:
M.Pioletti, F.Schlünzen and J.Harms contributed equally to this work
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, FB Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August Universität, Griesebacherstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, 76100 Rehovot, Israel and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Carabobo, Las Delicias, Maracay, Venezuela Corresponding author e-mail:
M.Pioletti, F.Schlünzen and J.Harms contributed equally to this work
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, FB Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August Universität, Griesebacherstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, 76100 Rehovot, Israel and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Carabobo, Las Delicias, Maracay, Venezuela Corresponding author e-mail:
M.Pioletti, F.Schlünzen and J.Harms contributed equally to this work
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, FB Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August Universität, Griesebacherstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, 76100 Rehovot, Israel and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Carabobo, Las Delicias, Maracay, Venezuela Corresponding author e-mail:
M.Pioletti, F.Schlünzen and J.Harms contributed equally to this work
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, FB Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August Universität, Griesebacherstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, 76100 Rehovot, Israel and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Carabobo, Las Delicias, Maracay, Venezuela Corresponding author e-mail:
M.Pioletti, F.Schlünzen and J.Harms contributed equally to this work
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, FB Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August Universität, Griesebacherstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, 76100 Rehovot, Israel and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Carabobo, Las Delicias, Maracay, Venezuela Corresponding author e-mail:
M.Pioletti, F.Schlünzen and J.Harms contributed equally to this work
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, FB Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August Universität, Griesebacherstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, 76100 Rehovot, Israel and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Carabobo, Las Delicias, Maracay, Venezuela Corresponding author e-mail:
M.Pioletti, F.Schlünzen and J.Harms contributed equally to this work
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, FB Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin, Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Notkestrasse 85, 22603 Hamburg, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Georg-August Universität, Griesebacherstrasse 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, 76100 Rehovot, Israel and Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Carabobo, Las Delicias, Maracay, Venezuela Corresponding author e-mail:
M.Pioletti, F.Schlünzen and J.Harms contributed equally to this work
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Swisher J, Duarte CM, Su LJ, Pyle AM. Visualizing the solvent-inaccessible core of a group II intron ribozyme. EMBO J 2001; 20:2051-61. [PMID: 11296237 PMCID: PMC125427 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.8.2051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2001] [Revised: 02/26/2001] [Accepted: 02/27/2001] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Group II introns are well recognized for their remarkable catalytic capabilities, but little is known about their three-dimensional structures. In order to obtain a global view of an active enzyme, hydroxyl radical cleavage was used to define the solvent accessibility along the backbone of a ribozyme derived from group II intron ai5gamma. These studies show that a highly homogeneous ribozyme population folds into a catalytically compact structure with an extensively internalized catalytic core. In parallel, a model of the intron core was built based on known tertiary contacts. Although constructed independently of the footprinting data, the model implicates the same elements for involvement in the catalytic core of the intron.
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- Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular, and Biophysical Studies,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA Corresponding author at: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, 630 W. 168th Street, Box 36, New York, NY, USA e-mail:
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- Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular, and Biophysical Studies,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA Corresponding author at: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, 630 W. 168th Street, Box 36, New York, NY, USA e-mail:
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- Integrated Program in Cellular, Molecular, and Biophysical Studies,
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, USA Corresponding author at: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, 630 W. 168th Street, Box 36, New York, NY, USA e-mail:
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Matadeen R, Sergiev P, Leonov A, Pape T, van der Sluis E, Mueller F, Osswald M, von Knoblauch K, Brimacombe R, Bogdanov A, van Heel M, Dontsova O. Direct localization by cryo-electron microscopy of secondary structural elements in Escherichia coli 23 S rRNA which differ from the corresponding regions in Haloarcula marismortui. J Mol Biol 2001; 307:1341-9. [PMID: 11292346 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Insertions were introduced by a two-step mutagenesis procedure into each of five double-helical regions of Escherichia coli 23 S rRNA, so as to extend the helix concerned by 17 bp. The helices chosen were at sites within the 23 S molecule (h9, h25, h45, h63 and h98) where significant length variations between different species are known to occur. At each of these positions, with the exception of h45, there are also significant differences between the 23 S rRNAs of E. coli and Haloarcula marismortui. Plasmids carrying the insertions were introduced into an E. coli strain lacking all seven rrn operons. In four of the five cases the cells were viable and 50 S subunits could be isolated; only the insertion in h63 was lethal. The modified subunits were examined by cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), with a view to locating extra electron density corresponding to the insertion elements. The results were compared both with the recently determined atomic structure of H. marismortui 23 S rRNA in the 50 S subunit, and with previous 23 S rRNA modelling studies based on cryo-EM reconstructions of E. coli ribosomes. The insertion element in h45 was located by cryo-EM at a position corresponding precisely to that of the equivalent helix in H. marismortui. The insertion in h98 (which is entirely absent in H. marismortui) was similarly located at a position corresponding precisely to that predicted from the E. coli modelling studies. In the region of h9, the difference between the E. coli and H. marismortui secondary structures is ambiguous, and the extra electron density corresponding to the insertion was seen at a location intermediate between the position of the nearest helix in the atomic structure and that in the modelled structure. In the case of h25 (which is about 50 nucleotides longer in H. marismortui), no clear extra cryo-EM density corresponding to the insertion could be observed.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Cell Division
- Computer Graphics
- Cryoelectron Microscopy
- Escherichia coli/chemistry
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Escherichia coli/growth & development
- Genes, Lethal/genetics
- Haloarcula marismortui/chemistry
- Haloarcula marismortui/genetics
- Haloarcula marismortui/growth & development
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis/genetics
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Operon/genetics
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Subunits
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Bacterial/ultrastructure
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/ultrastructure
- Ribosomes/chemistry
- Ribosomes/genetics
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Ribosomes/ultrastructure
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- R Matadeen
- Medicine and Technology Department of Biochemistry, Imperial College of Science, London, SW7 2AY, UK
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Stelzl U, Spahn CM, Nierhaus KH. RNA-protein interactions in ribosomes: in vitro selection from randomly fragmented rRNA. Methods Enzymol 2001; 318:251-68. [PMID: 10889993 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(00)18057-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Collodion/chemistry
- Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
- Escherichia coli/chemistry
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Genetic Techniques
- Models, Statistical
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Proteins/metabolism
- RNA/chemistry
- RNA/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/metabolism
- Ribosomal Proteins/chemistry
- Ribosomes/metabolism
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- U Stelzl
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Berlin, Germany
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Al-Karadaghi S, Kristensen O, Liljas A. A decade of progress in understanding the structural basis of protein synthesis. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2001; 73:167-93. [PMID: 10958930 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6107(00)00005-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The key reaction of protein synthesis, peptidyl transfer, is catalysed in all living organisms by the ribosome - an advanced and highly efficient molecular machine. During the last decade extensive X-ray crystallographic and NMR studies of the three-dimensional structure of ribosomal proteins, ribosomal RNA components and their complexes with ribosomal proteins, and of several translation factors in different functional states have taken us to a new level of understanding of the mechanism of function of the protein synthesis machinery. Among the new remarkable features revealed by structural studies, is the mimicry of the tRNA molecule by elongation factor G, ribosomal recycling factor and the eukaryotic release factor 1. Several other translation factors, for which three-dimensional structures are not yet known, are also expected to show some form of tRNA mimicry. The efforts of several crystallographic and biochemical groups have resulted in the determination by X-ray crystallography of the structures of the 30S and 50S subunits at moderate resolution, and of the structure of the 70S subunit both by X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy (EM). In addition, low resolution cryo-EM models of the ribosome with different translation factors and tRNA have been obtained. The new ribosomal models allowed for the first time a clear identification of the functional centres of the ribosome and of the binding sites for tRNA and ribosomal proteins with known three-dimensional structure. The new structural data have opened a way for the design of new experiments aimed at deeper understanding at an atomic level of the dynamics of the system.
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- S Al-Karadaghi
- Department of Molecular Biophysics, Lund University, Box 124, 221 00, Lund, Sweden.
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. The Nucleic Acids. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50008-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Metzler DE, Metzler CM, Sauke DJ. Ribosomes and the Synthesis of Proteins. Biochemistry 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-012492543-4/50032-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sommer I, Brimacombe R. Methods for refining interactively established models of ribosomal RNA towards a physico-chemically plausible structure. J Comput Chem 2001. [DOI: 10.1002/1096-987x(200103)22:4<407::aid-jcc1011>3.0.co;2-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Brodersen DE, Clemons WM, Carter AP, Morgan-Warren RJ, Wimberly BT, Ramakrishnan V. The structural basis for the action of the antibiotics tetracycline, pactamycin, and hygromycin B on the 30S ribosomal subunit. Cell 2000; 103:1143-54. [PMID: 11163189 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)00216-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 604] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We have used the recently determined atomic structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit to determine the structures of its complexes with the antibiotics tetracycline, pactamycin, and hygromycin B. The antibiotics bind to discrete sites on the 30S subunit in a manner consistent with much but not all biochemical data. For each of these antibiotics, interactions with the 30S subunit suggest a mechanism for its effects on ribosome function.
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- D E Brodersen
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, United Kingdom
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Wuyts J, De Rijk P, Van de Peer Y, Pison G, Rousseeuw P, De Wachter R. Comparative analysis of more than 3000 sequences reveals the existence of two pseudoknots in area V4 of eukaryotic small subunit ribosomal RNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:4698-708. [PMID: 11095680 PMCID: PMC115172 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.23.4698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The secondary structure of V4, the largest variable area of eukaryotic small subunit ribosomal RNA, was re-examined by comparative analysis of 3253 nucleotide sequences distributed over the animal, plant and fungal kingdoms and a diverse set of protist taxa. An extensive search for compensating base pair substitutions and for base covariation revealed that in most eukaryotes the secondary structure of the area consists of 11 helices and includes two pseudoknots. In one of the pseudoknots, exchange of base pairs between the two stems seems to occur, and covariation analysis points to the presence of a base triple. The area also contains three potential insertion points where additional hairpins or branched structures are present in a number of taxa scattered throughout the eukaryotic domain.
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- J Wuyts
- Departement Biochemie, Universiteit Antwerpen (UIA), Universiteitsplein 1, B 2610 Antwerpen, Belgium
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X-ray crystallographic structures have just been published for the 30S ribosomal subunit of Thermus thermophilus at 3.4 A resolution and for the 50S subunit of Haloarcula marismortui at 2.4 A. These eagerly awaited structures will provide an enormous boost to research into the mechanisms involved in protein biosynthesis.
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- R Brimacombe
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik Ihnestrasse 73 14195, Berlin, Germany.
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Carter AP, Clemons WM, Brodersen DE, Morgan-Warren RJ, Wimberly BT, Ramakrishnan V. Functional insights from the structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit and its interactions with antibiotics. Nature 2000; 407:340-8. [PMID: 11014183 DOI: 10.1038/35030019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1129] [Impact Index Per Article: 47.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The 30S ribosomal subunit has two primary functions in protein synthesis. It discriminates against aminoacyl transfer RNAs that do not match the codon of messenger RNA, thereby ensuring accuracy in translation of the genetic message in a process called decoding. Also, it works with the 50S subunit to move the tRNAs and associated mRNA by precisely one codon, in a process called translocation. Here we describe the functional implications of the high-resolution 30S crystal structure presented in the accompanying paper, and infer details of the interactions between the 30S subunit and its tRNA and mRNA ligands. We also describe the crystal structure of the 30S subunit complexed with the antibiotics paromomycin, streptomycin and spectinomycin, which interfere with decoding and translocation. This work reveals the structural basis for the action of these antibiotics, and leads to a model for the role of the universally conserved 16S RNA residues A1492 and A1493 in the decoding process.
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MESH Headings
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry
- Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology
- Binding Sites
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Genetic Code
- Macromolecular Substances
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Mimicry
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Paromomycin/chemistry
- Paromomycin/pharmacology
- Protein Conformation
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/physiology
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal/physiology
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer/metabolism
- Ribosomal Proteins/chemistry
- Ribosomal Proteins/physiology
- Ribosomes/chemistry
- Ribosomes/drug effects
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Spectinomycin/chemistry
- Spectinomycin/pharmacology
- Streptomycin/chemistry
- Streptomycin/pharmacology
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Thermus thermophilus
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- A P Carter
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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Wimberly BT, Brodersen DE, Clemons WM, Morgan-Warren RJ, Carter AP, Vonrhein C, Hartsch T, Ramakrishnan V. Structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit. Nature 2000; 407:327-39. [PMID: 11014182 DOI: 10.1038/35030006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1423] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Genetic information encoded in messenger RNA is translated into protein by the ribosome, which is a large nucleoprotein complex comprising two subunits, denoted 30S and 50S in bacteria. Here we report the crystal structure of the 30S subunit from Thermus thermophilus, refined to 3 A resolution. The final atomic model rationalizes over four decades of biochemical data on the ribosome, and provides a wealth of information about RNA and protein structure, protein-RNA interactions and ribosome assembly. It is also a structural basis for analysis of the functions of the 30S subunit, such as decoding, and for understanding the action of antibiotics. The structure will facilitate the interpretation in molecular terms of lower resolution structural data on several functional states of the ribosome from electron microscopy and crystallography.
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- B T Wimberly
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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Spahn CM, Penczek PA, Leith A, Frank J. A method for differentiating proteins from nucleic acids in intermediate-resolution density maps: cryo-electron microscopy defines the quaternary structure of the Escherichia coli 70S ribosome. Structure 2000; 8:937-48. [PMID: 10986461 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-2126(00)00185-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study addresses the general problem of dividing a density map of a nucleic-acid-protein complex obtained by cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) or X-ray crystallography into its two components. When the resolution of the density map approaches approximately 3 A it is generally possible to interpret its shape (i. e., the envelope obtained for a standard choice of threshold) in terms of molecular structure, and assign protein and nucleic acid elements on the basis of their known sequences. The interpretation of low-resolution maps in terms of proteins and nucleic acid elements of known structure is of increasing importance in the study of large macromolecular complexes, but such analyses are difficult. RESULTS Here we show that it is possible to separate proteins from nucleic acids in a cryo-EM density map, even at 11.5 A resolution. This is achieved by analysing the (continuous-valued) densities using the difference in scattering density between protein and nucleic acids, the contiguity constraints that the image of any nucleic acid molecule must obey, and the knowledge of the molecular volumes of all proteins. CONCLUSIONS The new method, when applied to an 11.5 A cryo-EM map of the Escherichia coli 70S ribosome, reproduces boundary assignments between rRNA and proteins made from higher-resolution X-ray maps of the ribosomal subunits with a high degree of accuracy. Plausible predictions for the positions of as yet unassigned proteins and RNA components are also possible. One of the conclusions derived from this separation is that 23S rRNA is solely responsible for the catalysis of peptide bond formation. Application of the separation method to any nucleoprotein complex appears feasible.
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MESH Headings
- Bacterial Proteins/ultrastructure
- Binding Sites
- Cryoelectron Microscopy/methods
- Escherichia coli/ultrastructure
- Models, Molecular
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Structure, Quaternary
- RNA, Bacterial/ultrastructure
- RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal/ultrastructure
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/ultrastructure
- RNA, Transfer, Met/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer, Met/ultrastructure
- Ribosomal Proteins/chemistry
- Ribosomal Proteins/ultrastructure
- Ribosomes/ultrastructure
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- C M Spahn
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Health Research Inc., Wadsworth Center, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12201-0509, USA
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Schluenzen F, Tocilj A, Zarivach R, Harms J, Gluehmann M, Janell D, Bashan A, Bartels H, Agmon I, Franceschi F, Yonath A. Structure of functionally activated small ribosomal subunit at 3.3 angstroms resolution. Cell 2000; 102:615-23. [PMID: 11007480 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)00084-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 670] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The small ribosomal subunit performs the decoding of genetic information during translation. The structure of that from Thermus thermophilus shows that the decoding center, which positions mRNA and three tRNAs, is constructed entirely of RNA. The entrance to the mRNA channel will encircle the message when a latch-like contact closes and contributes to processivity and fidelity. Extended RNA helical elements that run longitudinally through the body transmit structural changes, correlating events at the particle's far end with the cycle of mRNA translocation at the decoding region. 96% of the nucleotides were traced and the main fold of all proteins was determined. The latter are either peripheral or appear to serve as linkers. Some may assist the directionality of translocation.
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MESH Headings
- Base Pairing
- Binding Sites
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Models, Molecular
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Protein Conformation
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/chemistry
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer/genetics
- RNA, Transfer/metabolism
- Ribosomes/chemistry
- Ribosomes/genetics
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Thermus thermophilus/chemistry
- Thermus thermophilus/cytology
- Thermus thermophilus/genetics
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- F Schluenzen
- Max-Planck-Research Unit for Ribosomal Structure, Hamburg, Germany
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In this article, I review how our research on RNA began, how it led us to demonstrate the single-stranded nature of RNA, and the ways in which it differs from double-stranded DNA. It was based on the development of a method for the isolation of undegraded rRNA and the observation that in rRNA preparations due to their viscosity behavior resemble a flexible, contractile coil. In support of this assumption, birefringence of flow measurements showed that rRNA solutions gave moderate positive values, which disappeared upon addition of salt. This is in contrast with DNA solutions where considerable negative birefringence persists even in the presence of salt. Further studies on RNA showed a close correlation of the ionic strength dependencies of optical rotation, optical density and hydrodynamic properties. These early results indicated that rRNA and tRNA possess a significant secondary structure. I then review the basis of the hairpin model for the secondary structure of RNA and finally, summarize current understanding of the tertiary structure of RNA.
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- History, 20th Century
- Israel
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Osmolar Concentration
- RNA/chemistry
- RNA/history
- RNA/isolation & purification
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/history
- RNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal/history
- RNA, Ribosomal/isolation & purification
- RNA, Transfer/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer/history
- RNA, Viral/chemistry
- RNA, Viral/history
- Viscosity
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- U Z Littauer
- Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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Michel F, Costa M, Massire C, Westhof E. Modeling RNA tertiary structure from patterns of sequence variation. Methods Enzymol 2000; 317:491-510. [PMID: 10829297 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(00)17031-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- F Michel
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire du CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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Morgan DG, Ménétret JF, Radermacher M, Neuhof A, Akey IV, Rapoport TA, Akey CW. A comparison of the yeast and rabbit 80 S ribosome reveals the topology of the nascent chain exit tunnel, inter-subunit bridges and mammalian rRNA expansion segments. J Mol Biol 2000; 301:301-21. [PMID: 10926511 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Protein synthesis in eukaryotes is mediated by both cytoplasmic and membrane-bound ribosomes. During the co-translational translocation of secretory and membrane proteins, eukaryotic ribosomes dock with the protein conducting channel of the endoplasmic reticulum. An understanding of these processes will require the detailed structure of a eukaryotic ribosome. To this end, we have compared the three-dimensional structures of yeast and rabbit ribosomes at 24 A resolution. In general, we find that the active sites for protein synthesis and translocation have been highly conserved. It is interesting that a channel was visualized in the neck of the small subunit whose entrance is formed by a deep groove. By analogy with the prokaryotic small subunit, this channel may provide a conserved portal through which mRNA is threaded into the decoding center. In addition, both the small and large subunits are built around a dense tubular network. Our analysis further suggests that the nascent chain exit tunnel and the docking surface for the endoplasmic reticulum channel are formed by this network. We surmise that many of these features correspond to rRNA, based on biochemical and structural data. Ribosomal function is critically dependent on the specific association of small and large subunits. Our analysis of eukaryotic ribosomes reveals four conserved inter-subunit bridges with a geometry similar to that found in prokaryotes. In particular, a double-bridge connects the small subunit platform with the interface canyon on the large subunit. Moreover, a novel bridge is formed between the platform and the base of the L1 domain. Finally, size differences between mammalian and yeast large subunit rRNAs have been correlated with five expansion segments that form two large spines and three extended fingers. Overall, we find that expansion segments within the large subunit rRNA have been incorporated at positions distinct from the active sites for protein synthesis and translocation.
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- D G Morgan
- Department of Physiology and Structural Biology, Boston University School of Medicine, 700 Albany St., Boston, MA 02218-2526, USA
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Shapkina TG, Dolan MA, Babin P, Wollenzien P. Initiation factor 3-induced structural changes in the 30 S ribosomal subunit and in complexes containing tRNA(f)(Met) and mRNA. J Mol Biol 2000; 299:615-28. [PMID: 10835272 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Initiation factor 3 (IF3) acts to switch the decoding preference of the small ribosomal subunit from elongator to initiator tRNA. The effects of IF3 on the 30 S ribosomal subunit and on the 30 S.mRNA. tRNA(f)(Met) complex were determined by UV-induced RNA crosslinking. Three intramolecular crosslinks in the 16 S rRNA (of the 14 that were monitored by gel electrophoresis) are affected by IF3. These are the crosslinks between C1402 and C1501 within the decoding region, between C967xC1400 joining the end loop of a helix of 16 S rRNA domain III and the decoding region, and between U793 and G1517 joining the 790 end loop of 16 S rRNA domain II and the end loop of the terminal helix. These changes occur even in the 30 S.IF3 complex, indicating they are not mediated through tRNA(f)(Met) or mRNA. UV-induced crosslinks occur between 16 S rRNA position C1400 and tRNA(f)(Met) position U34, in tRNA(f)(Met) the nucleotide adjacent to the 5' anticodon nucleotide, and between 16 S rRNA position C1397 and the mRNA at positions +9 and +10 (where A of the initiator AUG codon is +1). The presence of IF3 reduces both of these crosslinks by twofold and fourfold, respectively. The binding site for IF3 involves the 790 region, some other parts of the 16 S rRNA domain II and the terminal stem/loop region. These are located in the front bottom part of the platform structure in the 30 S subunit, a short distance from the decoding region. The changes that occur in the decoding region, even in the absence of mRNA and tRNA, may be induced by IF3 from a short distance or could be caused by the second IF3 structural domain.
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MESH Headings
- Alkalies/metabolism
- Anticodon/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/chemistry
- Bacterial Proteins/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites/radiation effects
- Escherichia coli/chemistry
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Hydrolysis
- Models, Molecular
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Peptide Initiation Factors/chemistry
- Peptide Initiation Factors/metabolism
- Prokaryotic Initiation Factor-3
- Protein Binding/radiation effects
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Met/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Met/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Ribosomal Proteins/chemistry
- Ribosomal Proteins/metabolism
- Ribosomes/chemistry
- Ribosomes/genetics
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic/genetics
- Ultraviolet Rays
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- T G Shapkina
- Department of Biochemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, Box 7622, USA
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Askarian-Amiri ME, Pel HJ, Guévremont D, McCaughan KK, Poole ES, Sumpter VG, Tate WP. Functional characterization of yeast mitochondrial release factor 1. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:17241-8. [PMID: 10748224 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m910448199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial release factor was expressed from the cloned MRF1 gene, purified from inclusion bodies, and refolded to give functional activity. The gene encoded a factor with release activity that recognized cognate stop codons in a termination assay with mitochondrial ribosomes and in an assay with Escherichia coli ribosomes. The noncognate stop codon, UGA, encoding tryptophan in mitochondria, was recognized weakly in the heterologous assay. The mitochondrial release factor 1 protein bound to bacterial ribosomes and formed a cross-link with the stop codon within a mRNA bound in a termination complex. The affinity was strongly dependent on the identity of stop signal. Two alleles of MRF1 that contained point mutations in a release factor 1 specific region of the primary structure and that in vivo compensated for mutations in the decoding site rRNA of mitochondrial ribosomes were cloned, and the expressed proteins were purified and refolded. The variant proteins showed impaired binding to the ribosome compared with mitochondrial release factor 1. This structural region in release factors is likely to be involved in codon-dependent specific ribosomal interactions.
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- M E Askarian-Amiri
- Department of Biochemistry and Centre for Gene Research, University of Otago, P. O. Box 56, 9015 Dunedin, New Zealand
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Caldas T, Binet E, Bouloc P, Costa A, Desgres J, Richarme G. The FtsJ/RrmJ heat shock protein of Escherichia coli is a 23 S ribosomal RNA methyltransferase. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:16414-9. [PMID: 10748051 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m001854200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ribosomal RNAs undergo several nucleotide modifications including methylation. We identify FtsJ, the first encoded protein of the ftsJ-hflB heat shock operon, as an Escherichia coli methyltransferase of the 23 S rRNA. The methylation reaction requires S-adenosylmethionine as donor of methyl groups, purified FtsJ or a S(150) supernatant from an FtsJ-producing strain, and ribosomes from an FtsJ-deficient strain. In vitro, FtsJ does not efficiently methylate ribosomes purified from a strain producing FtsJ, suggesting that these ribosomes are already methylated in vivo by FtsJ. FtsJ is active on ribosomes and on the 50 S ribosomal subunit, but is inactive on free rRNA, suggesting that its natural substrate is ribosomes or a pre-ribosomal ribonucleoprotein particle. We identified the methylated nucleotide as 2'-O-methyluridine 2552, by reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography analysis, boronate affinity chromatography, and hybridization-protection experiments. In view of its newly established function, FtsJ is renamed RrmJ and its encoding gene, rrmJ.
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- T Caldas
- Biochimie Génétique, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris 7, 2, place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
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The ribosome is the site in the cell where proteins are synthesized. Cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography have revealed the ribosome as a particle made of two subunits, each formed as an intricate mesh of RNAs and many proteins. Ligand-binding experiments followed by cryo-electron microscopy have helped to determine some of the key stages of interaction between the ribosome and the main ligand molecules.
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- J Frank
- Department of Biomedical Science, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Health Research, Inc., Wadsworth Center, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, 12201-0509 ,USA.
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Caldas T, Binet E, Bouloc P, Richarme G. Translational defects of Escherichia coli mutants deficient in the Um(2552) 23S ribosomal RNA methyltransferase RrmJ/FTSJ. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 271:714-8. [PMID: 10814528 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We recently identified RrmJ (alias FtsJ), the first encoded protein of the rrmJ-hflB heat shock operon, as an Um(2552) methyltransferase of the 23S rRNA. We now report that the rrmJ-deficient strain exhibits growth and translational defects compared to the wild-type strain. Growth rates of the rrmJ mutant are decreased at both low and high temperatures. Protein synthesis activity is reduced up to 65% when S(30) rrmJ mutant extracts are tested in a coupled in vitro transcription/translation assay. In vitro methylation of these extracts by RrmJ partially restores protein synthesis activity. Polysome profile analysis of the rrmJ strain reveals an increase in the proportion of free 30S and 50S subunits at both 30 and 42 degrees C. These results suggest that the RrmJ-catalyzed methylation of Um(2552) in 23S RNA strengthens ribosomal subunit interactions, increases protein synthesis activity, and improves cell growth rates even at non-heat shock temperatures.
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- T Caldas
- Biochimie Génétique, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris 7,2, place Jussieu, Paris, 75005, France
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Mueller F, Sommer I, Baranov P, Matadeen R, Stoldt M, Wöhnert J, Görlach M, van Heel M, Brimacombe R. The 3D arrangement of the 23 S and 5 S rRNA in the Escherichia coli 50 S ribosomal subunit based on a cryo-electron microscopic reconstruction at 7.5 A resolution. J Mol Biol 2000; 298:35-59. [PMID: 10756104 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The Escherichia coli 23 S and 5 S rRNA molecules have been fitted helix by helix to a cryo-electron microscopic (EM) reconstruction of the 50 S ribosomal subunit, using an unfiltered version of the recently published 50 S reconstruction at 7.5 A resolution. At this resolution, the EM density shows a well-defined network of fine structural elements, in which the major and minor grooves of the rRNA helices can be discerned at many locations. The 3D folding of the rRNA molecules within this EM density is constrained by their well-established secondary structures, and further constraints are provided by intra and inter-rRNA crosslinking data, as well as by tertiary interactions and pseudoknots. RNA-protein cross-link and foot-print sites on the 23 S and 5 S rRNA were used to position the rRNA elements concerned in relation to the known arrangement of the ribosomal proteins as determined by immuno-electron microscopy. The published X-ray or NMR structures of seven 50 S ribosomal proteins or RNA-protein complexes were incorporated into the EM density. The 3D locations of cross-link and foot-print sites to the 23 S rRNA from tRNA bound to the ribosomal A, P or E sites were correlated with the positions of the tRNA molecules directly observed in earlier reconstructions of the 70 S ribosome at 13 A or 20 A. Similarly, the positions of cross-link sites within the peptidyl transferase ring of the 23 S rRNA from the aminoacyl residue of tRNA were correlated with the locations of the CCA ends of the A and P site tRNA. Sites on the 23 S rRNA that are cross-linked to the N termini of peptides of different lengths were all found to lie within or close to the internal tunnel connecting the peptidyl transferase region with the presumed peptide exit site on the solvent side of the 50 S subunit. The post-transcriptionally modified bases in the 23 S rRNA form a cluster close to the peptidyl transferase area. The minimum conserved core elements of the secondary structure of the 23 S rRNA form a compact block within the 3D structure and, conversely, the points corresponding to the locations of expansion segments in 28 S rRNA all lie on the outside of the structure.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites
- Computer Simulation
- Conserved Sequence/genetics
- Cross-Linking Reagents
- Cryoelectron Microscopy
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Escherichia coli/chemistry
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Fungal Proteins/metabolism
- Microscopy, Immunoelectron
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/metabolism
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Bacterial/ultrastructure
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 23S/ultrastructure
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/chemistry
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/genetics
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/metabolism
- RNA, Ribosomal, 5S/ultrastructure
- RNA, Transfer/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer/genetics
- RNA, Transfer/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer/ultrastructure
- Ribonucleases/metabolism
- Ribosomal Proteins/metabolism
- Ribosomes/chemistry
- Ribosomes/genetics
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Ribosomes/ultrastructure
- Ricin/metabolism
- Thermodynamics
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- F Mueller
- Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, Berlin, 14195, Germany
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In all cells, protein synthesis is coordinated by the ribosome, and a number of pivotal structural studies on this complex have been completed during 1999. The combined results of the X-ray crystallography and electron microscopy studies have shed new light on the mechanism of this molecular machine.
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- C Davies
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, BN1 9QG, United Kingdom
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Gabashvili IS, Agrawal RK, Spahn CM, Grassucci RA, Svergun DI, Frank J, Penczek P. Solution structure of the E. coli 70S ribosome at 11.5 A resolution. Cell 2000; 100:537-49. [PMID: 10721991 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80690-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 329] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Over 73,000 projections of the E. coli ribosome bound with formyl-methionyl initiator tRNAf(Met) were used to obtain an 11.5 A cryo-electron microscopy map of the complex. This map allows identification of RNA helices, peripheral proteins, and intersubunit bridges. Comparison of double-stranded RNA regions and positions of proteins identified in both cryo-EM and X-ray maps indicates good overall agreement but points to rearrangements of ribosomal components required for the subunit association. Fitting of known components of the 50S stalk base region into the map defines the architecture of the GTPase-associated center and reveals a major change in the orientation of the alpha-sarcin-ricin loop. Analysis of the bridging connections between the subunits provides insight into the dynamic signaling mechanism between the ribosomal subunits.
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- I S Gabashvili
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Health Research, Inc., Albany, New York 11201-0509, USA
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Hedenstierna KO, Siefert JL, Fox GE, Murgola EJ. Co-conservation of rRNA tetraloop sequences and helix length suggests involvement of the tetraloops in higher-order interactions. Biochimie 2000; 82:221-7. [PMID: 10863005 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(00)00212-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Terminal loops containing four nucleotides (tetraloops) are common in structural RNAs, and they frequently conform to one of three sequence motifs, GNRA, UNCG, or CUUG. Here we compare available sequences and secondary structures for rRNAs from bacteria, and we show that helices capped by phylogenetically conserved GNRA loops display a strong tendency to be of conserved length. The simplest interpretation of this correlation is that the conserved GNRA loops are involved in higher-order interactions, intramolecular or intermolecular, resulting in a selective pressure for maintaining the lengths of these helices. A small number of conserved UNCG loops were also found to be associated with conserved length helices, consistent with the possibility that this type of tetraloop also takes part in higher-order interactions.
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- K O Hedenstierna
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030-4095, USA.
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Stark H, Rodnina MV, Wieden HJ, van Heel M, Wintermeyer W. Large-scale movement of elongation factor G and extensive conformational change of the ribosome during translocation. Cell 2000; 100:301-9. [PMID: 10676812 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80666-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Elongation factor (EF) G promotes tRNA translocation on the ribosome. We present three-dimensional reconstructions, obtained by cryo-electron microscopy, of EF-G-ribosome complexes before and after translocation. In the pretranslocation state, domain 1 of EF-G interacts with the L7/12 stalk on the 50S subunit, while domain 4 contacts the shoulder of the 30S subunit in the region where protein S4 is located. During translocation, EF-G experiences an extensive reorientation, such that, after translocation, domain 4 reaches into the decoding center. The factor assumes different conformations before and after translocation. The structure of the ribosome is changed substantially in the pretranslocation state, in particular at the head-to-body junction in the 30S subunit, suggesting a possible mechanism of translocation.
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- H Stark
- Imperial College of Science Medicine and Technology, Department of Biochemistry, London, United Kingdom
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Auerbach T, Pioletti M, Avila H, Anagnostopoulos K, Weinstein S, Franceschi F, Yonath A. Genetic and biochemical manipulations of the small ribosomal subunit from Thermus thermophilus HB8. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2000; 17:617-28. [PMID: 10698100 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2000.10506553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Crystals of the small ribosomal subunit from Thermus thermophilus diffract to 3A and exhibit reasonable isomorphism and moderate resistance to irradiation. A 5A MIR map of this particle shows a similar shape to the part assigned to this particle within the cryo-EM reconstructions of the whole ribosome and contains regions interpretable either as RNA chains or as protein motifs. To assist phasing at higher resolution we introduced recombinant methods aimed at extensive selenation for MAD phasing. We are focusing on several ribosomal proteins that can be quantitatively detached by chemical means. These proteins can be modified and subsequently reconstituted into depleted ribosomal cores. They also can be used for binding heavy atoms, by incorporating chemically reactive binding sites, such as -SH groups, into them. In parallel we are co-crystallizing the ribosomal particles with tailor made ligands, such as antibiotics or cDNA to which heavy-atoms have been attached or diffuse the latter compounds into already formed crystals.
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- T Auerbach
- Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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