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Title | The cryo-EM structure of a translation initiation complex from Escherichia coli. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Cell, Vol. 121, Issue 5, Page 703-712, Year 2005 |
Publish date | Jun 3, 2005 |
Authors | Gregory S Allen / Andrey Zavialov / Richard Gursky / Måns Ehrenberg / Joachim Frank / |
PubMed Abstract | The 70S ribosome and its complement of factors required for initiation of translation in E. coli were purified separately and reassembled in vitro with GDPNP, producing a stable initiation complex ...The 70S ribosome and its complement of factors required for initiation of translation in E. coli were purified separately and reassembled in vitro with GDPNP, producing a stable initiation complex (IC) stalled after 70S assembly. We have obtained a cryo-EM reconstruction of the IC showing IF2*GDPNP at the intersubunit cleft of the 70S ribosome. IF2*GDPNP contacts the 30S and 50S subunits as well as fMet-tRNA(fMet). IF2 here adopts a conformation radically different from that seen in the recent crystal structure of IF2. The C-terminal domain of IF2 binds to the single-stranded portion of fMet-tRNA(fMet), thereby forcing the tRNA into a novel orientation at the P site. The GTP binding domain of IF2 binds to the GTPase-associated center of the 50S subunit in a manner similar to EF-G and EF-Tu. Additionally, we present evidence for the localization of IF1, IF3, one C-terminal domain of L7/L12, and the N-terminal domain of IF2 in the initiation complex. |
External links | Cell / PubMed:15935757 |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 13.8 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-1248: The cryo-EM structure of a translation initiation complex from Escherichia coli. EMDB-1249: The cryo-EM structure of a translation initiation complex from Escherichia coli. |
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Keywords | translation/RNA / E. COLI / RIBOSOME / INITIATION OF PROTEIN SYNTHESIS / INITIATION FACTOR / CRYO-ELETRON MICROSCOPY / translation-RNA COMPLEX / RNA |