5WNU

Crystal Structure of 30S ribosomal subunit from Thermus thermophilus

Summary for 5WNU

• Entry DOI: 10.2210/pdb5wnu/pdb
• Descriptor: 16S Ribosomal RNA rRNA, 30S ribosomal protein S10, 30S ribosomal protein S11, ... (28 entities in total)
• Functional Keywords: smfret, ribosome, mrna methylation, translation, decoding
• Biological source: Thermus thermophilus (strain HB8 / ATCC 27634 / DSM 579); More
• Total number of polymer chains: 23
• Total formula weight: 778182.07

Authors

DeMirci, H. (deposition date: 2017-08-01, release date: 2018-02-21, Last modification date: 2025-02-12)

Primary citation

Choi, J.,Indrisiunaite, G.,DeMirci, H.,Ieong, K.W.,Wang, J.,Petrov, A.,Prabhakar, A.,Rechavi, G.,Dominissini, D.,He, C.,Ehrenberg, M.,Puglisi, J.D.
2'-O-methylation in mRNA disrupts tRNA decoding during translation elongation.
Nat. Struct. Mol. Biol., 25:208-216, 2018

PubMed Abstract: Chemical modifications of mRNA may regulate many aspects of mRNA processing and protein synthesis. Recently, 2'-O-methylation of nucleotides was identified as a frequent modification in translated regions of human mRNA, showing enrichment in codons for certain amino acids. Here, using single-molecule, bulk kinetics and structural methods, we show that 2'-O-methylation within coding regions of mRNA disrupts key steps in codon reading during cognate tRNA selection. Our results suggest that 2'-O-methylation sterically perturbs interactions of ribosomal-monitoring bases (G530, A1492 and A1493) with cognate codon-anticodon helices, thereby inhibiting downstream GTP hydrolysis by elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) and A-site tRNA accommodation, leading to excessive rejection of cognate aminoacylated tRNAs in initial selection and proofreading. Our current and prior findings highlight how chemical modifications of mRNA tune the dynamics of protein synthesis at different steps of translation elongation.

PubMed: 29459784
DOI: 10.1038/s41594-018-0030-z

Experimental method

X-RAY DIFFRACTION (3.4 Å)