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| Entry | Database: PDB / ID: 9skb | |||||||||
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| Title | Model of M. pneumoniae 30S iT-TC (stable) | |||||||||
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Keywords | TRANSLATION / 30S / ribosome | |||||||||
| Function / homology | Function and homology informationribosome disassembly / DNA-templated transcription termination / translation initiation factor activity / DNA-templated transcription elongation / regulation of DNA-templated transcription elongation / transcription antitermination / ribonucleoside binding / DNA-directed RNA polymerase / DNA-directed RNA polymerase activity / ribosomal small subunit assembly ...ribosome disassembly / DNA-templated transcription termination / translation initiation factor activity / DNA-templated transcription elongation / regulation of DNA-templated transcription elongation / transcription antitermination / ribonucleoside binding / DNA-directed RNA polymerase / DNA-directed RNA polymerase activity / ribosomal small subunit assembly / ribosome binding / ribosomal small subunit biogenesis / small ribosomal subunit rRNA binding / small ribosomal subunit / cytosolic small ribosomal subunit / tRNA binding / protein dimerization activity / rRNA binding / ribonucleoprotein complex / structural constituent of ribosome / ribosome / translation / DNA-binding transcription factor activity / mRNA binding / regulation of DNA-templated transcription / magnesium ion binding / DNA-templated transcription / DNA binding / RNA binding / zinc ion binding / membrane / cytosol / cytoplasm Similarity search - Function | |||||||||
| Biological species | Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) | |||||||||
| Method | ELECTRON MICROSCOPY / subtomogram averaging / cryo EM / Resolution: 10.2 Å | |||||||||
Authors | Dobbs, J.M. / Mahamid, J. | |||||||||
| Funding support | United States, Denmark, 2items
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Citation | Journal: Cell / Year: 2026Title: Single-cell visual proteomics of a minimal bacterium reveals structural coordination of gene expression machineries. Authors: Joseph M Dobbs / Rasmus K Jensen / Julia Mahamid / ![]() Abstract: Translation is a central process in gene expression. Its regulation is complex, depends on factors that include cell state and the subcellular environment, and is subject to modulation via crosstalk ...Translation is a central process in gene expression. Its regulation is complex, depends on factors that include cell state and the subcellular environment, and is subject to modulation via crosstalk to processes such as transcription or translocation. Here, we used cryo-electron tomography of native and antibiotic-perturbed Mycoplasma pneumoniae cells to resolve 140 maps that recapitulate bacterial translation during the initiation, elongation, and recycling phases. We visualized multiple transcription-translation complexes, allowing us to propose a threading-based translation reinitiation mechanism and to provide structural evidence for a long-hypothesized supercomplex that coordinates transcription, translation, and membrane attachment. We resolved abundant membrane-associated large ribosomal subunits and suggest that dissociation from membranes depends on the conditional initiation of new translation, consistent with a potentially conserved mechanism in mammalian cells. This work visualizes the multilayered control of bacterial translation and demonstrates the power of in-cell structural biology to investigate regulatory circuits in gene expression. | |||||||||
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| PDBx/mmCIF format | 9skb.cif.gz | 2 MB | Display | PDBx/mmCIF format |
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| PDB format | pdb9skb.ent.gz | 1.5 MB | Display | PDB format |
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| Arichive directory | https://data.pdbj.org/pub/pdb/validation_reports/sk/9skb ftp://data.pdbj.org/pub/pdb/validation_reports/sk/9skb | HTTPS FTP |
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-Related structure data
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| Similar structure data | Similarity search - Function & homology F&H Search |
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-RNA chain , 2 types, 2 molecules 56
| #1: RNA chain | Mass: 486633.031 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: GenBank: 26117688 |
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| #2: RNA chain | Mass: 22591.383 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: GenBank: 3042778399 |
-Small ribosomal subunit protein ... , 20 types, 20 molecules ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST
| #3: Protein | Mass: 28427.891 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75560 |
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| #4: Protein | Mass: 24162.953 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P41205 |
| #5: Protein | Mass: 23589.334 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P46775 |
| #6: Protein | Mass: 16715.732 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: Q50301 |
| #7: Protein | Mass: 19352.865 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75543 |
| #8: Protein | Mass: 17765.828 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75545 |
| #9: Protein | Mass: 15771.888 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: Q50304 |
| #10: Protein | Mass: 14603.050 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75179 |
| #11: Protein | Mass: 11524.757 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75581 |
| #12: Protein | Mass: 11877.700 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: Q50296 |
| #13: Protein | Mass: 15319.126 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75546 |
| #14: Protein | Mass: 13520.724 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: Q50297 |
| #15: Protein | Mass: 6770.168 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: Q50305 |
| #16: Protein | Mass: 9576.245 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75173 |
| #17: Protein | Mass: 10064.979 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: A0A0H3DLS7 |
| #18: Protein | Mass: 9599.267 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: Q50309 |
| #19: Protein | Mass: 7631.100 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75541 |
| #20: Protein | Mass: 9682.159 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75576 |
| #21: Protein | Mass: 8977.407 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75237 |
| #22: Protein | Mass: 6724.104 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P57079 |
-Translation initiation factor IF- ... , 2 types, 2 molecules UV
| #23: Protein | Mass: 7479.946 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: Q50298 |
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| #24: Protein | Mass: 18684.844 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P78024 |
-DNA-directed RNA polymerase subunit ... , 3 types, 4 molecules WXaY
| #25: Protein | Mass: 143333.938 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75271, DNA-directed RNA polymerase | ||
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| #26: Protein | Mass: 36709.496 Da / Num. of mol.: 2 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: Q50295, DNA-directed RNA polymerase#27: Protein | | Mass: 155819.000 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P78013, DNA-directed RNA polymerase |
-Transcription termination/antitermination protein ... , 2 types, 2 molecules be
| #29: Protein | Mass: 41063.934 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75591 |
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| #32: Protein | Mass: 18151.113 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75049 |
-DNA chain , 2 types, 2 molecules cd
| #30: DNA chain | Mass: 9927.437 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) |
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| #31: DNA chain | Mass: 9749.313 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) |
-Protein / Non-polymers , 2 types, 3 molecules Z

| #28: Protein | Mass: 10891.354 Da / Num. of mol.: 1 / Source method: isolated from a natural source / Source: (natural) Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) / References: UniProt: P75090 |
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-Details
| Has ligand of interest | N |
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| Has protein modification | N |
-Experimental details
-Experiment
| Experiment | Method: ELECTRON MICROSCOPY |
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| EM experiment | Aggregation state: CELL / 3D reconstruction method: subtomogram averaging |
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Sample preparation
| Component | Name: Mycoplasma cell / Type: CELL / Entity ID: #1-#32 / Source: NATURAL |
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| Source (natural) | Organism: Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria) |
| Buffer solution | pH: 7 |
| Specimen | Embedding applied: NO / Shadowing applied: NO / Staining applied: NO / Vitrification applied: YES |
| Vitrification | Cryogen name: ETHANE-PROPANE |
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Electron microscopy imaging
| Experimental equipment | ![]() Model: Titan Krios / Image courtesy: FEI Company |
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| Microscopy | Model: TFS KRIOS |
| Electron gun | Electron source: FIELD EMISSION GUN / Accelerating voltage: 300 kV / Illumination mode: FLOOD BEAM |
| Electron lens | Mode: BRIGHT FIELD / Nominal defocus max: 5000 nm / Nominal defocus min: 2500 nm |
| Image recording | Electron dose: 3.2 e/Å2 / Avg electron dose per subtomogram: 120 e/Å2 / Film or detector model: GATAN K3 BIOQUANTUM (6k x 4k) |
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| CTF correction | Type: PHASE FLIPPING AND AMPLITUDE CORRECTION | |||||||||
| Symmetry | Point symmetry: C1 (asymmetric) | |||||||||
| 3D reconstruction | Resolution: 10.2 Å / Resolution method: FSC 0.143 CUT-OFF / Num. of particles: 1773 / Symmetry type: POINT | |||||||||
| EM volume selection | Num. of tomograms: 124 / Num. of volumes extracted: 95699 | |||||||||
| Atomic model building | Protocol: RIGID BODY FIT / Details: Rigid body fit in ChimeraX |
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Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae M129 (bacteria)
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