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Zarechenskaia AS, Sergiev PV, Osterman IA. Quality Control Mechanisms in Bacterial Translation. Acta Naturae 2021; 13:32-44. [PMID: 34377554 PMCID: PMC8327144 DOI: 10.32607/actanaturae.11401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Ribosome stalling during translation significantly reduces cell viability, because cells have to spend resources on the synthesis of new ribosomes. Therefore, all bacteria have developed various mechanisms of ribosome rescue. Usually, the release of ribosomes is preceded by hydrolysis of the tRNA-peptide bond, but, in some cases, the ribosome can continue translation thanks to the activity of certain factors. This review describes the mechanisms of ribosome rescue thanks to trans-translation and the activity of the ArfA, ArfB, BrfA, ArfT, HflX, and RqcP/H factors, as well as continuation of translation via the action of EF-P, EF-4, and EttA. Despite the ability of some systems to duplicate each other, most of them have their unique functional role, related to the quality control of bacterial translation in certain abnormalities caused by mutations, stress cultivation conditions, or antibiotics.
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- A. S. Zarechenskaia
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics and Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow, 119992 Russia
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- Center of Life Sciences, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, 143028 Russia
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Institute of functional genomics, Moscow, 119992 Russia
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Moscow, 119992 Russia
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- Center of Life Sciences, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, 143028 Russia
- Lomonosov Moscow State University, Department of Chemistry, Moscow, 119992 Russia
- Sirius University of Science and Technology, Genetics and Life Sciences Research Center, Sochi, 354340 Russia
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Yang J, Liu Y, Liu Z, Meng C, Lin D. Backbone and side-chain resonance assignments for the tmRNA-binding protein, SmpB, from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. BIOMOLECULAR NMR ASSIGNMENTS 2017; 11:175-179. [PMID: 28258549 DOI: 10.1007/s12104-017-9742-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Small protein B (SmpB) is an essential molecule in trans-translation which is a universal biological pathway for protein synthesis in bacteria. Trans-translation can release stalled ribosomes from defective mRNAs and target tag-protein fragments for degradation, and then restart protein synthesis. The SmpB-tmRNA complex coordinating with other components of the trans-translation system, plays vital roles in Mycobacterium tuberculosis under both stress conditions and non-replicating conditions. Thus, elucidation of molecular details and dynamic properties of the SmpB-tmRNA interaction is a crucial step towards effectively blocking trans-translation process to shorten the duration of tuberculosis treatment. Here, we report resonance assignments for 1H, 13C and 15N of M. tuberculosis SmpB (MtSmpB, spanning residues 4-133) protein determined by a suite of 2D/3D heteronuclear NMR experiments along with predicted the secondary structure.
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- Juanjuan Yang
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Engineering, College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Engineering, College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Engineering, College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350108, China
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- MOE Key Laboratory of Spectrochemical Analysis and Instrumentation, Key Laboratory for Chemical Biology of Fujian Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, China.
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Domingues S, Moreira RN, Andrade JM, Dos Santos RF, Bárria C, Viegas SC, Arraiano CM. The role of RNase R in trans-translation and ribosomal quality control. Biochimie 2014; 114:113-8. [PMID: 25542646 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2014.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/18/2014] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Gene expression not only depends on the rate of transcription but is also largely controlled at the post-transcriptional level. Translation rate and mRNA decay greatly influence the final protein levels. Surveillance mechanisms are essential to ensure the quality of the RNA and proteins produced. Trans-translation is one of the most important systems in the quality control of bacterial translation. This process guarantees the destruction of abnormal proteins and also leads to degradation of the respective defective RNAs through the action of Ribonuclease R (RNase R). This exoribonuclease hydrolyzes RNAs starting from their 3' end. Besides its involvement in trans-translation, RNase R also participates in the quality control of rRNA molecules involved in ribosomal biogenesis. RNase R is thus emerging as a key factor in ensuring translation accuracy. This review focuses on issues related to the quality control of translation, with special emphasis on the role of RNase R.
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- Susana Domingues
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal.
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Kurita D, Miller MR, Muto A, Buskirk AR, Himeno H. Rejection of tmRNA·SmpB after GTP hydrolysis by EF-Tu on ribosomes stalled on intact mRNA. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2014; 20:1706-1714. [PMID: 25246654 PMCID: PMC4201823 DOI: 10.1261/rna.045773.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2014] [Accepted: 07/18/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
Messenger RNAs lacking a stop codon trap ribosomes at their 3' ends, depleting the pool of ribosomes available for protein synthesis. In bacteria, a remarkable quality control system rescues and recycles stalled ribosomes in a process known as trans-translation. Acting as a tRNA, transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA) is aminoacylated, delivered by EF-Tu to the ribosomal A site, and accepts the nascent polypeptide. Translation then resumes on a reading frame within tmRNA, encoding a short peptide tag that targets the nascent peptide for degradation by proteases. One unsolved issue in trans-translation is how tmRNA and its protein partner SmpB preferentially recognize stalled ribosomes and not actively translating ones. Here, we examine the effect of the length of the 3' extension of mRNA on each step of trans-translation by pre-steady-state kinetic methods and fluorescence polarization binding assays. Unexpectedly, EF-Tu activation and GTP hydrolysis occur rapidly regardless of the length of the mRNA, although the peptidyl transfer to tmRNA decreases as the mRNA 3' extension increases and the tmRNA·SmpB binds less tightly to the ribosome with an mRNA having a long 3' extension. From these results, we conclude that the tmRNA·SmpB complex dissociates during accommodation due to competition between the downstream mRNA and the C-terminal tail for the mRNA channel. Rejection of the tmRNA·SmpB complex during accommodation is reminiscent of the rejection of near-cognate tRNA from the ribosome in canonical translation.
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- Daisuke Kurita
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan
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Miller MR, Buskirk AR. The SmpB C-terminal tail helps tmRNA to recognize and enter stalled ribosomes. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:462. [PMID: 25228900 PMCID: PMC4151336 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2014] [Accepted: 08/14/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In bacteria, transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA) and SmpB comprise the most common and effective system for rescuing stalled ribosomes. Ribosomes stall on mRNA transcripts lacking stop codons and are rescued as the defective mRNA is swapped for the tmRNA template in a process known as trans-translation. The tmRNA–SmpB complex is recruited to the ribosome independent of a codon–anticodon interaction. Given that the ribosome uses robust discriminatory mechanisms to select against non-cognate tRNAs during canonical decoding, it has been hard to explain how this can happen. Recent structural and biochemical studies show that SmpB licenses tmRNA entry through its interactions with the decoding center and mRNA channel. In particular, the C-terminal tail of SmpB promotes both EFTu activation and accommodation of tmRNA, the former through interactions with 16S rRNA nucleotide G530 and the latter through interactions with the mRNA channel downstream of the A site. Here we present a detailed model of the earliest steps in trans-translation, and in light of these mechanistic considerations, revisit the question of how tmRNA preferentially reacts with stalled, non-translating ribosomes.
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- Mickey R Miller
- Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD USA
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Shimizu Y. Biochemical aspects of bacterial strategies for handling the incomplete translation processes. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:170. [PMID: 24782856 PMCID: PMC3989591 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2013] [Accepted: 03/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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During protein synthesis in cells, translating ribosomes may encounter abnormal situations that lead to retention of immature peptidyl-tRNA on the ribosome due to failure of suitable termination processes. Bacterial cells handle such situations by employing three systems that rescue the stalled translation machinery. The transfer messenger RNA/small protein B (tmRNA/SmpB) system, also called the trans-translation system, rescues stalled ribosomes by initiating template switching from the incomplete mRNA to the short open reading frame of tmRNA, leading to the production of a protein containing a C-terminal tag that renders it susceptible to proteolysis. The ArfA/RF2 and ArfB systems rescue stalled ribosomes directly by hydrolyzing the immature peptidyl-tRNA remaining on the ribosome. Here, the biochemical aspects of these systems, as clarified by recent studies, are reviewed.
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- Yoshihiro Shimizu
- Laboratory for Cell-Free Protein Synthesis, Quantitative Biology Center - RIKEN Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
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Problems during gene expression can result in a ribosome that has translated to the 3' end of an mRNA without terminating at a stop codon, forming a nonstop translation complex. The nonstop translation complex contains a ribosome with the mRNA and peptidyl-tRNA engaged, but because there is no codon in the A site, the ribosome cannot elongate or terminate the nascent chain. Recent work has illuminated the importance of resolving these nonstop complexes in bacteria. Transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA)-SmpB specifically recognizes and resolves nonstop translation complexes in a reaction known as trans-translation. trans-Translation releases the ribosome and promotes degradation of the incomplete nascent polypeptide and problematic mRNA. tmRNA and SmpB have been found in all bacteria and are essential in some species. However, other bacteria can live without trans-translation because they have one of the alternative release factors, ArfA or ArfB. ArfA recruits RF2 to nonstop translation complexes to promote hydrolysis of the peptidyl-tRNAs. ArfB recognizes nonstop translation complexes in a manner similar to tmRNA-SmpB recognition and directly hydrolyzes the peptidyl-tRNAs to release the stalled ribosomes. Genetic studies indicate that most or all species require at least one mechanism to resolve nonstop translation complexes. Consistent with such a requirement, small molecules that inhibit resolution of nonstop translation complexes have broad-spectrum antibacterial activity. These results suggest that resolving nonstop translation complexes is a matter of life or death for bacteria.
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Giudice E, Macé K, Gillet R. Trans-translation exposed: understanding the structures and functions of tmRNA-SmpB. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:113. [PMID: 24711807 PMCID: PMC3968760 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ribosome stalling is a serious issue for cell survival. In bacteria, the primary rescue system is trans-translation, performed by tmRNA and its protein partner small protein B (SmpB). Since its discovery almost 20 years ago, biochemical, genetic, and structural studies have paved the way to a better understanding of how this sophisticated process takes place at the cellular and molecular levels. Here we describe the molecular details of trans-translation, with special mention of recent cryo-electron microscopy and crystal structures that have helped explain how the huge tmRNA-SmpB complex targets and delivers stalled ribosomes without interfering with canonical translation.
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- Emmanuel Giudice
- Translation and Folding Team, Université de Rennes 1, CNRS UMR 6290 IGDR Rennes, France
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- Translation and Folding Team, Université de Rennes 1, CNRS UMR 6290 IGDR Rennes, France
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- Translation and Folding Team, Université de Rennes 1, CNRS UMR 6290 IGDR Rennes, France ; Institut Universitaire de France France
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Himeno H, Kurita D, Muto A. Mechanism of trans-translation revealed by in vitro studies. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:65. [PMID: 24600445 PMCID: PMC3929946 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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tmRNA is a bacterial small RNA having a structure resembling the upper half of tRNA and its 3′ end accepts alanine followed by binding to EF-Tu like tRNA. Instead of lacking a lower half of the cloverleaf structure including the anticodon, tmRNA has a short coding sequence for tag-peptide that serves as a target of cellular proteases. An elaborate coordination of two functions as tRNA and mRNA facilitates an irregular translation termed trans-translation: a single polypeptide is synthesized from two mRNA molecules. It allows resumption of translation stalled on a truncated mRNA, producing a chimeric polypeptide comprising the C-terminally truncated polypeptide derived from truncated mRNA and the C-terminal tag-peptide encoded by tmRNA. Trans-translation promotes recycling of the stalled ribosomes in the cell, and the resulting C-terminally tagged polypeptide is preferentially degraded by cellular proteases. Biochemical studies using in vitro trans-translation systems together with structural studies have unveiled the molecular mechanism of trans-translation, during which the upper and lower halves of tRNA are mimicked by the tRNA-like structure of tmRNA and a tmRNA-specific binding protein called SmpB, respectively. They mimic not only the tRNA structure but also its behavior perhaps at every step of the trans-translation process in the ribosome. Furthermore, the C-terminal tail of SmpB, which is unstructured in solution, occupies the mRNA path in the ribosome to play a crucial role in trans-translation, addressing how tmRNA·SmpB recognizes the ribosome stalled on a truncated mRNA.
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- Hyouta Himeno
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University Hirosaki, Japan ; RNA Research Center, Hirosaki University Hirosaki, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University Hirosaki, Japan ; RNA Research Center, Hirosaki University Hirosaki, Japan
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University Hirosaki, Japan
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Miller MR, Buskirk AR. An unusual mechanism for EF-Tu activation during tmRNA-mediated ribosome rescue. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2014; 20:228-235. [PMID: 24345396 PMCID: PMC3895274 DOI: 10.1261/rna.042226.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2013] [Accepted: 11/07/2013] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
Abstract
In bacteria, ribosomes stalled on truncated mRNAs are rescued by transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA) and its protein partner SmpB. Acting like tRNA, the aminoacyl-tmRNA/SmpB complex is delivered to the ribosomal A site by EF-Tu and accepts the transfer of the nascent polypeptide. Although SmpB binding within the decoding center is clearly critical for licensing tmRNA entry into the ribosome, it is not known how activation of EF-Tu occurs in the absence of a codon-anticodon interaction. A recent crystal structure revealed that SmpB residue His136 stacks on 16S rRNA nucleotide G530, a critical player in the canonical decoding mechanism. Here we use pre-steady-state kinetic methods to probe the role of this interaction in ribosome rescue. We find that although mutation of His136 does not reduce SmpB's affinity for the ribosomal A-site, it dramatically reduces the rate of GTP hydrolysis by EF-Tu. Surprisingly, the same mutation has little effect on the apparent rate of peptide-bond formation, suggesting that release of EF-Tu from the tmRNA/SmpB complex on the ribosome may occur prior to GTP hydrolysis. Consistent with this idea, we find that peptidyl transfer to tmRNA is relatively insensitive to the antibiotic kirromycin. Taken together, our studies provide a model for the initial stages of ribosomal rescue by tmRNA.
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Imataka H. Single-molecule imaging with a tagged ribosome to explore trans-translation. J Biochem 2012; 152:293-5. [PMID: 22923739 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvs091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Single-molecule imaging is a powerful technique to visualize molecular interactions and movements. Translation is one of the most interesting targets for researchers with the molecular-imaging skills, since mRNA, tRNA and translation factors interact with or move inside or on the ribosome in an ordered manner. Trans-translation is a bacterial quality control system to rescue the ribosomes stalled at the 3' end of the mRNA, and this phenomenon is recapitulated in vitro with defined factors including two trans-translation-specific entities tmRNA and SmpB. Zhou et al. (Single molecule imaging of the trans-translation entry process via anchoring of the tagged ribosome. J Biochem 2011;149:609-618.) successfully visualized the interaction of the tmRNA-SmpB complex with the ribosome by immobilizing the ribosome on the quartz surface with the HaloTag technology. This ribosome-anchoring system may be useful for the imaging analysis of other processes of translation.
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- Hiroaki Imataka
- Department of Materials Science and Chemistry, Molecular Nanotechnology Research Center, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Hyogo, Himeji 671-2280, Japan.
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Neubauer C, Gillet R, Kelley AC, Ramakrishnan V. Decoding in the absence of a codon by tmRNA and SmpB in the ribosome. Science 2012; 335:1366-9. [PMID: 22422985 PMCID: PMC3763467 DOI: 10.1126/science.1217039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
In bacteria, ribosomes stalled at the end of truncated messages are rescued by transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA), a bifunctional molecule that acts as both a transfer RNA (tRNA) and a messenger RNA (mRNA), and SmpB, a small protein that works in concert with tmRNA. Here, we present the crystal structure of a tmRNA fragment, SmpB and elongation factor Tu bound to the ribosome at 3.2 angstroms resolution. The structure shows how SmpB plays the role of both the anticodon loop of tRNA and portions of mRNA to facilitate decoding in the absence of an mRNA codon in the A site of the ribosome and explains why the tmRNA-SmpB system does not interfere with normal translation.
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MESH Headings
- Anticodon
- Bacterial Proteins/chemistry
- Bacterial Proteins/metabolism
- Base Sequence
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/chemistry
- Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/metabolism
- Protein Biosynthesis
- Protein Conformation
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/chemistry
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Ribosome Subunits, Small, Bacterial/chemistry
- Ribosome Subunits, Small, Bacterial/metabolism
- Ribosome Subunits, Small, Bacterial/ultrastructure
- Ribosomes/chemistry
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Ribosomes/ultrastructure
- Thermus thermophilus/chemistry
- Thermus thermophilus/genetics
- Thermus thermophilus/metabolism
- Thermus thermophilus/ultrastructure
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- Cajetan Neubauer
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- Université de Rennes 1 and Institut Universitaire de France, “Translation and Folding” group, UMR CNRS 6290, IGDR, Campus de Beaulieu 35042 Rennes cedex, France
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, United Kingdom
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Janssen BD, Hayes CS. The tmRNA ribosome-rescue system. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2012; 86:151-91. [PMID: 22243584 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-386497-0.00005-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The bacterial tmRNA quality control system monitors protein synthesis and recycles stalled translation complexes in a process termed "ribosome rescue." During rescue, tmRNA acts first as a transfer RNA to bind stalled ribosomes, then as a messenger RNA to add the ssrA peptide tag to the C-terminus of the nascent polypeptide chain. The ssrA peptide targets tagged peptides for proteolysis, ensuring rapid degradation of potentially deleterious truncated polypeptides. Ribosome rescue also facilitates turnover of the damaged messages responsible for translational arrest. Thus, tmRNA increases the fidelity of gene expression by promoting the synthesis of full-length proteins. In addition to serving as a global quality control system, tmRNA also plays important roles in bacterial development, pathogenesis, and environmental stress responses. This review focuses on the mechanism of tmRNA-mediated ribosome rescue and the role of tmRNA in bacterial physiology.
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- Brian D Janssen
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, USA
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Miller MR, Liu Z, Cazier DJ, Gebhard GM, Herron SR, Zaher HS, Green R, Buskirk AR. The role of SmpB and the ribosomal decoding center in licensing tmRNA entry into stalled ribosomes. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2011; 17:1727-1736. [PMID: 21795410 PMCID: PMC3162337 DOI: 10.1261/rna.2821711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2011] [Accepted: 06/24/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
Abstract
In bacteria, stalled ribosomes are recycled by a hybrid transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA). Like tRNA, tmRNA is aminoacylated with alanine and is delivered to the ribosome by EF-Tu, where it reacts with the growing polypeptide chain. tmRNA entry into stalled ribosomes poses a challenge to our understanding of ribosome function because it occurs in the absence of a codon-anticodon interaction. Instead, tmRNA entry is licensed by the binding of its protein partner, SmpB, to the ribosomal decoding center. We analyzed a series of SmpB mutants and found that its C-terminal tail is essential for tmRNA accommodation but not for EF-Tu activation. We obtained evidence that the tail likely functions as a helix on the ribosome to promote accommodation and identified key residues in the tail essential for this step. In addition, our mutational analysis points to a role for the conserved K(131)GKK tail residues in trans-translation after peptidyl transfer to tmRNA, presumably EF-G-mediated translocation or translation of the tmRNA template. Surprisingly, analysis of A1492, A1493, and G530 mutants reveals that while these ribosomal nucleotides are essential for normal tRNA selection, they play little to no role in peptidyl transfer to tmRNA. These studies clarify how SmpB interacts with the ribosomal decoding center to license tmRNA entry into stalled ribosomes.
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- Mickey R. Miller
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602, USA
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Fu J, Hashem Y, Wower J, Frank J. tmRNA on its way through the ribosome: two steps of resume, and what next? RNA Biol 2011; 8:586-90. [PMID: 21593606 DOI: 10.4161/rna.8.4.15585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Trans-translation is a universal quality-control process eubacteria use to degrade incompletely synthesized proteins and rescue ribosome stalled on defective mRNAs. This process is facilitated by a ribonucleoprotein complex composed of transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA)-a chimera made of a tRNA-like molecule and a short open reading frame (ORF) -and small protein B (SmpB). Determination of the structure of tmRNA and SmpB in complex with the ribosome, at the stage when translation has resumed on tmRNA, has provided an increased understanding of the structure of tmRNA as it transits the ribosome, and unique insights into the complex mechanism of template switching on the ribosome and SmpB-driven selection of the correct reading frame on tmRNA's ORF.
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- Jie Fu
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Zhou ZP, Shimizu Y, Tadakuma H, Taguchi H, Ito K, Ueda T. Single molecule imaging of the trans-translation entry process via anchoring of the tagged ribosome. J Biochem 2011; 149:609-18. [PMID: 21278155 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvr010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Trans-translation is an eubacterial quality control system to rescue the stalled ribosome, in which multiple components such as transfer messenger RNA (tmRNA) and Small protein B (SmpB) are involved. However, how these molecules interact with ribosome remains elusive. Here, we report the single molecule analysis of the trans-translation process. We developed a new method to label the functional ribosome, in which a tag protein (the HaloTag protein of 297 amino acids) was fused to the 30S ribosomal protein S2 and covalently labelled with specific ligand (HaloTag ligand), resulting in the stable and specific labelling of ribosome. Ribosomes were anchored onto the glass surface using biotinylated derivative of the Cy3 HaloTag ligand (i.e. biotin-Cy3-ligand), and real-time interactions of Cy5-tmRNA/SmpB/EF-Tu ternary complexes with anchored ribosomes are observed as a model of the trans-translation entry. Statistical analysis revealed that Cy5-tmRNA/SmpB/EF-Tu ternary complexes bind to the anchored ribosome with the second-order rate constant of 2.6 × 10(6) (1/M/s) and tmRNAs undergo multi-modal pathway before release from ribosome. The methods presented here are also applicable to the analysis for general translation processes.
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- Zhan-Ping Zhou
- Graduate School of Frontier Science, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
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Kurita D, Muto A, Himeno H. Role of the C-terminal tail of SmpB in the early stage of trans-translation. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2010; 16:980-990. [PMID: 20348441 PMCID: PMC2856891 DOI: 10.1261/rna.1916610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2009] [Accepted: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Trans-translation relieves a stalled translation on the bacterial ribosome by transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA) with the help of SmpB, an essential cofactor of tmRNA. Here, we examined the role of the unstructured C-terminal tail of SmpB using an in vitro trans-translation system. It was found that truncation of the C-terminal tail or substitution of tryptophan residue at 147 in the middle of the C-terminal tail affected the activity in the early stage of trans-translation. Our investigations also revealed that the C-terminal tail is not required for the events until GTP is hydrolyzed by EF-Tu in complex with tmRNA-SmpB. A synthetic peptide corresponding to the C-terminal tail of SmpB inhibited peptidyl-transfer of alanyl-tmRNA and A-site binding of SmpB, but not GTP hydrolysis. These results suggest that the C-terminal tail has a role in the step of accommodation of alanyl-tmRNA-SmpB into the A-site. Directed hydroxyl radical probing indicated that tryptophan residue at 147 is located just downstream of the decoding center in the mRNA path when SmpB is in the A-site.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Base Sequence
- Binding Sites/genetics
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Escherichia coli Proteins/chemistry
- Escherichia coli Proteins/genetics
- Escherichia coli Proteins/metabolism
- Guanosine Triphosphate/metabolism
- Kinetics
- Models, Biological
- Models, Molecular
- Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
- Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/metabolism
- Peptide Fragments/chemistry
- Peptide Fragments/genetics
- Peptide Fragments/metabolism
- Protein Biosynthesis
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/genetics
- RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry
- RNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Recombinant Proteins/chemistry
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Sequence Deletion
- Tryptophan/chemistry
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- Daisuke Kurita
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki 036-8561, Japan
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Beyond ribosome rescue: tmRNA and co-translational processes. FEBS Lett 2009; 584:413-9. [PMID: 19914241 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2009.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2009] [Revised: 11/09/2009] [Accepted: 11/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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tmRNA is a unique bi-functional RNA that acts as both a tRNA and an mRNA to enter stalled ribosomes and direct the addition of a peptide tag to the C terminus of nascent polypeptides. Despite a reasonably clear understanding of tmRNA activity, the reason for its absolute conservation throughout the eubacteria is unknown. Although tmRNA plays many physiological roles in different bacterial systems, recent studies suggest a general role for trans-translation in monitoring protein folding and perhaps other co-translational processes. This review will focus on these new hypotheses and the data that support them.
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Bugaeva EY, Surkov S, Golovin AV, Ofverstedt LG, Skoglund U, Isaksson LA, Bogdanov AA, Shpanchenko OV, Dontsova OA. Structural features of the tmRNA-ribosome interaction. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2009; 15:2312-2320. [PMID: 19861420 PMCID: PMC2779675 DOI: 10.1261/rna.1584209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2009] [Accepted: 09/08/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Trans-translation is a process which switches the synthesis of a polypeptide chain encoded by a nonstop messenger RNA to the mRNA-like domain of a transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA). It is used in bacterial cells for rescuing the ribosomes arrested during translation of damaged mRNA and directing this mRNA and the product polypeptide for degradation. The molecular basis of this process is not well understood. Earlier, we developed an approach that allowed isolation of tmRNA-ribosomal complexes arrested at a desired step of tmRNA passage through the ribosome. We have here exploited it to examine the tmRNA structure using chemical probing and cryo-electron microscopy tomography. Computer modeling has been used to develop a model for spatial organization of the tmRNA inside the ribosome at different stages of trans-translation.
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MESH Headings
- Base Sequence
- Cryoelectron Microscopy
- Escherichia coli/chemistry
- Escherichia coli/metabolism
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Protein Biosynthesis
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Bacterial/ultrastructure
- RNA, Messenger/chemistry
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/ultrastructure
- RNA, Transfer/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer/ultrastructure
- Ribosomes/chemistry
- Ribosomes/metabolism
- Ribosomes/ultrastructure
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- Elizaveta Y Bugaeva
- Belozersky Institute, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119991 Moscow, Russia
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Watts T, Cazier D, Healey D, Buskirk A. SmpB contributes to reading frame selection in the translation of transfer-messenger RNA. J Mol Biol 2009; 391:275-81. [PMID: 19540849 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.06.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2009] [Revised: 06/09/2009] [Accepted: 06/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA) acts first as a tRNA and then as an mRNA template to rescue stalled ribosomes in eubacteria. Together with its protein partner, SmpB (small protein B), tmRNA enters stalled ribosomes and transfers an Ala residue to the growing polypeptide chain. A remarkable step then occurs: the ribosome leaves the stalled mRNA and resumes translation using tmRNA as a template, adding a short peptide tag that destines the aborted protein for destruction. Exactly how the ribosome switches templates, resuming translation on tmRNA in the proper reading frame, remains unknown. Within the tmRNA sequence itself, five nucleotides (U85AGUC) immediately upstream of the first codon appear to direct frame selection. In particular, mutation of the conserved A86 results in severe loss of function both in vitro and in vivo. The A86C mutation causes translation to resume exclusively in the +1 frame. Several candidate binding partners for this upstream sequence have been identified in vitro. Using a genetic selection for tmRNA activity in Escherichia coli, we identified mutations in the SmpB protein that restore the function of A86C tmRNA in vivo. The SmpB mutants increase tagging in the normal reading frame and reduce tagging in the +1 frame. These results demonstrate that SmpB is functionally linked with the sequence upstream of the tmRNA template; both contribute to reading frame selection on tmRNA.
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- Talina Watts
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA
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Palecková P, Bobek J, Mikulík K. tmRNA of Streptomyces collinus and Streptomyces griseus during the growth and in the presence of antibiotics. Microb Biotechnol 2009; 2:114-22. [PMID: 21261886 PMCID: PMC3815426 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2008.00066.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Streptomycetes are soil microorganisms with the potential to produce a broad spectrum of secondary metabolities. The production of antibiotics is accompanied by a decrease in protein synthesis, which raises the question of how these bacteria survived the transition from the primary to the secondary metabolism. Translating ribosomes incapable to properly elongate or terminate polypeptide chain activate bacterial trans‐translation system. Abundance and stability of the tmRNA during growth of Streptomyces collinus and Streptomyces griseus producing kirromycin and streptomycin, respectively, was analysed. The level of tmRNA is mostly proportional to the activity of the translational system. We demonstrate that the addition of sub‐inhibitory concentrations of produced antibiotics to the cultures from the beginning of the exponential phase of growth leads to an increase in tmRNA levels and to an incorporation of amino acids into the tag‐peptides at trans‐translation of stalled ribosomes. These findings suggest that produced antibiotics induce tmRNA that facilitate reactivation of stalled complex of ribosomes and maintain viability. The effect of antibiotics that inhibit the cell‐wall turnover, DNA, RNA or protein synthesis on the level of tmRNA was examined. Antibiotics interfering with ribosomal target sites are more effective at stimulation of the tmRNA level in streptomycetes examined than those affecting the synthesis of DNA, RNA or the cell wall.
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- Petra Palecková
- Institute of Microbiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
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The trans-translation mechanism is a key component of multiple quality control pathways in bacteria that ensure proteins are synthesized with high fidelity in spite of challenges such as transcription errors, mRNA damage, and translational frameshifting. trans-Translation is performed by a ribonucleoprotein complex composed of tmRNA, a specialized RNA with properties of both a tRNA and an mRNA, and the small protein SmpB. tmRNA-SmpB interacts with translational complexes stalled at the 3' end of an mRNA to release the stalled ribosomes and target the nascent polypeptides and mRNAs for degradation. In addition to quality control pathways, some genetic regulatory circuits use trans-translation to control gene expression. Diverse bacteria require trans-translation when they execute large changes in their genetic programs, including responding to stress, pathogenesis, and differentiation.
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- Kenneth C Keiler
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.
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Miller MR, Healey DW, Robison SG, Dewey JD, Buskirk AR. The role of upstream sequences in selecting the reading frame on tmRNA. BMC Biol 2008; 6:29. [PMID: 18590561 PMCID: PMC2481249 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-6-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 06/30/2008] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND tmRNA acts first as a tRNA and then as an mRNA to rescue stalled ribosomes in eubacteria. Two unanswered questions about tmRNA function remain: how does tmRNA, lacking an anticodon, bypass the decoding machinery and enter the ribosome? Secondly, how does the ribosome choose the proper codon to resume translation on tmRNA? According to the -1 triplet hypothesis, the answer to both questions lies in the unique properties of the three nucleotides upstream of the first tmRNA codon. These nucleotides assume an A-form conformation that mimics the codon-anticodon interaction, leading to recognition by the decoding center and choice of the reading frame. The -1 triplet hypothesis is important because it is the most credible model in which direct binding and recognition by the ribosome sets the reading frame on tmRNA. RESULTS Conformational analysis predicts that 18 triplets cannot form the correct structure to function as the -1 triplet of tmRNA. We tested the tmRNA activity of all possible -1 triplet mutants using a genetic assay in Escherichia coli. While many mutants displayed reduced activity, our findings do not match the predictions of this model. Additional mutagenesis identified sequences further upstream that are required for tmRNA function. An immunoblot assay for translation of the tmRNA tag revealed that certain mutations in U85, A86, and the -1 triplet sequence result in improper selection of the first codon and translation in the wrong frame (-1 or +1) in vivo. CONCLUSION Our findings disprove the -1 triplet hypothesis. The -1 triplet is not required for accommodation of tmRNA into the ribosome, although it plays a minor role in frame selection. Our results strongly disfavor direct ribosomal recognition of the upstream sequence, instead supporting a model in which the binding of a separate ligand to A86 is primarily responsible for frame selection.
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- Mickey R Miller
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
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Bugaeva EY, Shpanchenko OV, Felden B, Isaksson LA, Dontsova OA. One SmpB molecule accompanies tmRNA during its passage through the ribosomes. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:1532-6. [PMID: 18396159 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.03.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2008] [Revised: 03/19/2008] [Accepted: 03/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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tmRNA and SmpB are the main participants of trans-translation, a process which rescues the ribosome blocked during translation of non-stop mRNA. While a one-to-one stoichiometry of tmRNA to the ribosome is generally accepted, the number of SmpB molecules in the complex is still under question. We have isolated tmRNA-ribosome complexes blocked at different steps of the tmRNA path through the ribosome and analyzed the stoichiometry of the complexes. Ribosome, tmRNA and SmpB were found in equimolar amount in the tmRNA-ribosome complexes stopped at the position of the 2nd, 4th, 5th or the 11th codons of the coding part of the tmRNA.
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- Elizaveta Y Bugaeva
- Belozersky Institute, Build. A, Moscow State University, Moscow 119992, Russia
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The tmRNA system performs translational surveillance and ribosome rescue in all eubacteria and some eukaryotic organelles. This system intervenes when ribosomes read to the 3' end of an mRNA or pause at internal codons with subsequent mRNA cleavage. A complex of alanyl-tmRNA (which functions as a tRNA and mRNA), SmpB protein, and EF-TucGTP binds stalled ribosomes, the nascent polypeptide is transferred to the alanine on tmRNA, and translation switches from the original message to a short tmRNA open reading frame (ORF) that encodes a degradation tag. Translation of the ORF and normal termination releases the tagged polypeptide for degradation and permits disassembly and recycling of ribosomal subunits for new rounds of protein synthesis. Structural and biochemical studies suggest mechanisms that keep tmRNA from interrupting normal translation and target ribosomes stalled with very short 3' mRNA extensions. Additional biological roles of tmRNA include stress management and the regulation of transcriptional circuits.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Macromolecular Substances
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Nucleic Acid Conformation
- Open Reading Frames
- Peptide Elongation Factor Tu/metabolism
- Protein Biosynthesis
- Protein Conformation
- RNA Stability
- RNA, Bacterial/chemistry
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/chemistry
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Transfer/chemistry
- RNA, Transfer/genetics
- RNA, Transfer/metabolism
- RNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Ribosomes/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Sean D Moore
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
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Bessho Y, Shibata R, Sekine SI, Murayama K, Higashijima K, Hori-Takemoto C, Shirouzu M, Kuramitsu S, Yokoyama S. Structural basis for functional mimicry of long-variable-arm tRNA by transfer-messenger RNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:8293-8. [PMID: 17488812 PMCID: PMC1895943 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0700402104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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tmRNA and small protein B (SmpB) are essential trans-translation system components. In the present study, we determined the crystal structure of SmpB in complex with the entire tRNA domain of the tmRNA from Thermus thermophilus. Overall, the ribonucleoprotein complex (tRNP) mimics a long-variable-arm tRNA (class II tRNA) in the canonical L-shaped tertiary structure. The tmRNA terminus corresponds to the acceptor and T arms, or the upper part, of tRNA. On the other hand, the SmpB protein simulates the lower part, the anticodon and D stems, of tRNA. Intriguingly, several amino acid residues collaborate with tmRNA bases to reproduce the canonical tRNA core layers. The linker helix of tmRNA had been considered to correspond to the anticodon stem, but the complex structure unambiguously shows that it corresponds to the tRNA variable arm. The tmRNA linker helix, as well as the long variable arm of class II tRNA, may occupy the gap between the large and small ribosomal subunits. This suggested how the tRNA domain is connected to the mRNA domain entering the mRNA channel. A loop of SmpB in the tRNP is likely to participate in the interaction with alanyl-tRNA synthetase, which may be the mechanism for the promotion of tmRNA alanylation by the SmpB protein. Therefore, the tRNP may simulate a tRNA, both structurally and functionally, with respect to aminoacylation and ribosome entry.
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- Yoshitaka Bessho
- *Genomic Sciences Center, Yokohama Institute, RIKEN 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Harima Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- *Genomic Sciences Center, Yokohama Institute, RIKEN 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- *Genomic Sciences Center, Yokohama Institute, RIKEN 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; and
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- *Genomic Sciences Center, Yokohama Institute, RIKEN 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- *Genomic Sciences Center, Yokohama Institute, RIKEN 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- *Genomic Sciences Center, Yokohama Institute, RIKEN 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
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- *Genomic Sciences Center, Yokohama Institute, RIKEN 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Harima Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Harima Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
- Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- *Genomic Sciences Center, Yokohama Institute, RIKEN 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center, Harima Institute, 1-1-1 Kouto, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
- Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan; and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Keiler KC. Physiology of tmRNA: what gets tagged and why? Curr Opin Microbiol 2007; 10:169-75. [PMID: 17383929 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2007.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2006] [Accepted: 03/13/2007] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA) enters stalled translational complexes and, with small protein B (SmpB), mediates peptide tagging of the nascent protein and release of the stalled ribosome. Recent studies clarify how the tmRNA system is targeted to ribosomes and suggest that tmRNA-tagging is used for both quality control and specific regulation of cellular physiology.
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- Kenneth C Keiler
- 401 Althouse Laboratory, Penn State University, University Park, PA 16827, USA.
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Qi H, Shimizu Y, Ueda T. Ribosomal protein S1 is not essential for the trans-translation machinery. J Mol Biol 2007; 368:845-52. [PMID: 17376482 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.02.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Revised: 02/16/2007] [Accepted: 02/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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In eubacteria, ribosome stalling during protein synthesis is rescued by a tmRNA-derived trans-translation system. Because ribosomal protein S1 specifically binds to tmRNA with high affinity, it is considered to be involved in the trans-translation system. However, the role of S1 in trans-translation is still unclear. To study the function of S1 in the trans-translation system, we constructed an S1-free cell-free translation system. We found that trans-translation proceeded even in the absence of S1. Addition of S1 into the S1-free system did not affect trans-translation efficiency. These results suggest that S1 does not play a role in the trans-translation machinery.
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- Hao Qi
- The Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo, FSB-401, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8562, Japan
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