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Title | Modulation of translational decoding by mA modification of mRNA. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nat Commun, Vol. 14, Issue 1, Page 4784, Year 2023 |
Publish date | Aug 8, 2023 |
Authors | Sakshi Jain / Lukasz Koziej / Panagiotis Poulis / Igor Kaczmarczyk / Monika Gaik / Michal Rawski / Namit Ranjan / Sebastian Glatt / Marina V Rodnina / |
PubMed Abstract | N-methyladenosine (mA) is an abundant, dynamic mRNA modification that regulates key steps of cellular mRNA metabolism. mA in the mRNA coding regions inhibits translation elongation. Here, we show how ...N-methyladenosine (mA) is an abundant, dynamic mRNA modification that regulates key steps of cellular mRNA metabolism. mA in the mRNA coding regions inhibits translation elongation. Here, we show how mA modulates decoding in the bacterial translation system using a combination of rapid kinetics, smFRET and single-particle cryo-EM. We show that, while the modification does not impair the initial binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosome, in the presence of mA fewer ribosomes complete the decoding process due to the lower stability of the complexes and enhanced tRNA drop-off. The mRNA codon adopts a π-stacked codon conformation that is remodeled upon aminoacyl-tRNA binding. mA does not exclude canonical codon-anticodon geometry, but favors alternative more dynamic conformations that are rejected by the ribosome. These results highlight how modifications outside the Watson-Crick edge can still interfere with codon-anticodon base pairing and complex recognition by the ribosome, thereby modulating the translational efficiency of modified mRNAs. |
External links | Nat Commun / PubMed:37553384 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 2.04 - 2.88 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-16015, PDB-8bf7: EMDB-16029, PDB-8bge: EMDB-16031, PDB-8bgh: EMDB-16047, PDB-8bh4: EMDB-16057, PDB-8bhj: EMDB-16059, PDB-8bhl: EMDB-16062, PDB-8bhn: EMDB-16065, PDB-8bhp: EMDB-16081, PDB-8bil: EMDB-16082, PDB-8bim: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-FME: |
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Keywords | TRANSLATION / m6A / mRNA modification / tRNA recognition |