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9BDN

80S ribosome with angiogenin and tRNAAla

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Summary for 9BDN
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb9bdn/pdb
Related9BDL 9BDP
EMDB information44457 44458 44459 44460 44461 44463 44464
Descriptor18S rRNA, 60S ribosomal protein L7, Large ribosomal subunit protein eL8, ... (84 entities in total)
Functional Keywordsangiogenin, rnase, ribosome
Biological sourceHomo sapiens (human)
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Total number of polymer chains85
Total formula weight3314383.74
Authors
Loveland, A.B.,Korostelev, A.A. (deposition date: 2024-04-12, release date: 2024-07-24, Last modification date: 2024-10-23)
Primary citationLoveland, A.B.,Koh, C.S.,Ganesan, R.,Jacobson, A.,Korostelev, A.A.
Structural mechanism of angiogenin activation by the ribosome.
Nature, 630:769-776, 2024
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PubMed Abstract: Angiogenin, an RNase-A-family protein, promotes angiogenesis and has been implicated in cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and epigenetic inheritance. After activation during cellular stress, angiogenin cleaves tRNAs at the anticodon loop, resulting in translation repression. However, the catalytic activity of isolated angiogenin is very low, and the mechanisms of the enzyme activation and tRNA specificity have remained a puzzle. Here we identify these mechanisms using biochemical assays and cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM). Our study reveals that the cytosolic ribosome is the activator of angiogenin. A cryo-EM structure features angiogenin bound in the A site of the 80S ribosome. The C-terminal tail of angiogenin is rearranged by interactions with the ribosome to activate the RNase catalytic centre, making the enzyme several orders of magnitude more efficient in tRNA cleavage. Additional 80S-angiogenin structures capture how tRNA substrate is directed by the ribosome into angiogenin's active site, demonstrating that the ribosome acts as the specificity factor. Our findings therefore suggest that angiogenin is activated by ribosomes with a vacant A site, the abundance of which increases during cellular stress. These results may facilitate the development of therapeutics to treat cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.
PubMed: 38718836
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07508-8
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Experimental method
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (3.1 Å)
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