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Title | Structural basis of early translocation events on the ribosome. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Nature, Vol. 595, Issue 7869, Page 741-745, Year 2021 |
Publish date | Jul 7, 2021 |
Authors | Emily J Rundlet / Mikael Holm / Magdalena Schacherl / S Kundhavai Natchiar / Roger B Altman / Christian M T Spahn / Alexander G Myasnikov / Scott C Blanchard / |
PubMed Abstract | Peptide-chain elongation during protein synthesis entails sequential aminoacyl-tRNA selection and translocation reactions that proceed rapidly (2-20 per second) and with a low error rate (around ...Peptide-chain elongation during protein synthesis entails sequential aminoacyl-tRNA selection and translocation reactions that proceed rapidly (2-20 per second) and with a low error rate (around 10 to 10 at each step) over thousands of cycles. The cadence and fidelity of ribosome transit through mRNA templates in discrete codon increments is a paradigm for movement in biological systems that must hold for diverse mRNA and tRNA substrates across domains of life. Here we use single-molecule fluorescence methods to guide the capture of structures of early translocation events on the bacterial ribosome. Our findings reveal that the bacterial GTPase elongation factor G specifically engages spontaneously achieved ribosome conformations while in an active, GTP-bound conformation to unlock and initiate peptidyl-tRNA translocation. These findings suggest that processes intrinsic to the pre-translocation ribosome complex can regulate the rate of protein synthesis, and that energy expenditure is used later in the translocation mechanism than previously proposed. |
External links | Nature / PubMed:34234344 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (single particle) |
Resolution | 2.33 - 2.72 Å |
Structure data | EMDB-24120, PDB-7n1p: EMDB-24132, PDB-7n2c: EMDB-24133, PDB-7n2u: EMDB-24134, PDB-7n2v: EMDB-24135, PDB-7n30: EMDB-24136, PDB-7n31: |
Chemicals | ChemComp-PUT: ChemComp-MG: ChemComp-ZN: ChemComp-ATP: ChemComp-SPD: ChemComp-HOH: ChemComp-FUA: ChemComp-GDP: ChemComp-SCM: ChemComp-GTP: |
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Keywords | RIBOSOME / Elongation complex / tRNA / mRNA / Pre-translocation / translocation / EF-G & GTP / 70S ribosome / post-translocation |