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Title | mRNA stem-loops can pause the ribosome by hindering A-site tRNA binding. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Elife, Vol. 9, Year 2020 |
Publish date | May 19, 2020 |
Authors | Chen Bao / Sarah Loerch / Clarence Ling / Andrei A Korostelev / Nikolaus Grigorieff / Dmitri N Ermolenko / |
PubMed Abstract | Although the elongating ribosome is an efficient helicase, certain mRNA stem-loop structures are known to impede ribosome movement along mRNA and stimulate programmed ribosome frameshifting via ...Although the elongating ribosome is an efficient helicase, certain mRNA stem-loop structures are known to impede ribosome movement along mRNA and stimulate programmed ribosome frameshifting via mechanisms that are not well understood. Using biochemical and single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) experiments, we studied how frameshift-inducing stem-loops from mRNA and the transcript of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) perturb translation elongation. We find that upon encountering the ribosome, the stem-loops strongly inhibit A-site tRNA binding and ribosome intersubunit rotation that accompanies translation elongation. Electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) reveals that the HIV stem-loop docks into the A site of the ribosome. Our results suggest that mRNA stem-loops can transiently escape the ribosome helicase by binding to the A site. Thus, the stem-loops can modulate gene expression by sterically hindering tRNA binding and inhibiting translation elongation. |
External links | Elife / PubMed:32427100 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 3.1 - 3.4 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-21420, PDB-6vwl: EMDB-21421, PDB-6vwm: EMDB-21422, PDB-6vwn: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-MG: |
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Keywords | RIBOSOME / HIV FSS / frameshifting |