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- Ivanova, Natalia, et al.
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Structure probing of tmRNA in distinct stages of trans-translation
- 2007
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Ingår i: RNA. - : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. - 1355-8382 .- 1469-9001. ; 13:5, s. 713-722
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Ribosomes stalled on problematic mRNAs in bacterial cells can be rescued by transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA), its helperprotein (small protein B, SmpB), and elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) through a mechanism called trans-translation. In this work weused lead(II) footprinting to probe the interactions of tmRNA with SmpB and other components of the translation machinery atdifferent steps of the trans-translation cycle. Ribosomes with a short nascent peptide stalled on a truncated mRNA were reactedwith Ala-tmRNA EF-Tu GTP, SmpB, and other translation components to initiate and execute trans-translation. Free tmRNA was d dprobed with lead(II) acetate with and without SmpB, and ribosome bound tmRNA was probed in one of four different trans-translation states stabilized by antibiotic addition or selective exclusion of translation components. For comparison, we alsoanalyzed lead(II) cleavage patterns of tmRNA in vivo in a wild-type as well as in an SmpB-deficient Escherichia coli strain. Weobserved some specific cleavages/protections in tmRNA for the individual steps of trans-translation, but the overall tmRNAconformation appeared to be similar in the stages analyzed. Our findings suggest that, in vivo, a dominant fraction of tmRNA isin complex with SmpB and that, in vitro, SmpB remains tmRNA bound at the initial steps of trans-translation.
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- Antoun, Ayman, et al.
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How initiation factors tune the rate of initiation of protein synthesis in bacteria.
- 2006
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Ingår i: EMBO Journal. - : Wiley. - 0261-4189 .- 1460-2075. ; 25:11, s. 2539-50
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The kinetics of initiator transfer RNA ( tRNA) interaction with the messenger RNA ( mRNA)-programmed 30S subunit and the rate of 50S subunit docking to the 30S preinitiation complex were measured for different combinations of initiation factors in a cell-free Escherichia coli system for protein synthesis with components of high purity. The major results are summarized by a Michaelis-Menten scheme for initiation. All three initiation factors are required for maximal efficiency ( k(cat)/K-M) of initiation and for maximal in vivo rate of initiation at normal concentration of initiator tRNA. Spontaneous release of IF3 from the 30S preinitiation complex is required for subunit docking. The presence of initiator tRNA on the 30S subunit greatly increases the rate of 70S ribosome formation by increasing the rate of IF3 dissociation from the 30S subunit and the rate of 50S subunit docking to the IF3-free 30S preinitiation complex. The reasons why IF1 and IF3 are essential in E. coli are discussed in the light of the present observations.
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- Antoun, Ayman, 1975-
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Mechanism and Regulation of Initiation of Protein Synthesis in Eubacteria
- 2005
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Initiation of protein synthesis in E.coli involves several steps, which lead to the formation of the first peptide bond. This process requires three initiation factors: IF1, IF2 and IF3. Using a novel technique of combined light scattering and stopped-flow, we elucidated the importance of IF2•GTP conformation for the recruitment of 50S to 30S pre-initiation complex. Moreover, GTP hydrolysis is essential for IF2 release and later binding of ternary complex. Interestingly, a switch in IF2 affinity to G-nucleotides is induced during 30S pre-initiation complexes formation. We found that IF1, previously with unknown functions in vitro, increases the rate of naked 70S dissociation by a factor 80 and acts as a fidelity factor in preventing 70S formation containing elongator tRNA instead of fMet-tRNAfMet. We showed that RRF/EFG/IF3 split both naked and post-termination complexes while IF1/IF3 split only naked ribosomes. The mechanisms of action of RRF/ EFG, the order of their binding to 70S, as well as, the three different conformation of EF-G on the ribosomes are emphasized. Interestingly, 70S formation rate is dependent on the concentration of IF3 and not linear with 50S subunits concentration. We demonstrated that the rate-limiting step in 70S formation is IF3 dissociation from 30S complexes.The interplay between initiation factors in the rate and accuracy of protein synthesis was thoroughly studied. Using fMet-tRNAfMet (initiator tRNA), Met-tRNAfMet (non-formylated initiator tRNA) and Phe-tRNAPhe (elongator tRNA), we showed that the major player in the accuracy is IF2 through recognizing the formyl group on fMet-tRNAfMet, while IF3 acts by increasing both the on- and off-rate of tRNA from 30S pre-initiation complexes.Collectively, these novel results describe a comprehensive model of initiation of protein synthesis. In this model, initiation factors increase the rate of fMet-tRNAfMet binding to 30S subunits, subsequently; the stabilization of fMet-tRNAfMet by IF2 increases the rate of IF3 dissociation. Later, IF2 in GTP conformation allows 50S docking to 30S pre-initiation complex free of IF3 followed by GTP hydrolysis allowing IF2 release for ternary complex to bind and start elongation of protein synthesis.
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- Antoun, Ayman, et al.
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The roles of initiation factor 2 and guanosine triphosphate in initiation of protein synthesis
- 2003
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Ingår i: EMBO Journal. - : Wiley. - 0261-4189 .- 1460-2075. ; 22:20, s. 5593-5601
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The role of IF2 from Escherichia coli was studied in vitro using a system for protein synthesis with purified components. Stopped flow experiments with light scattering show that IF2 in complex with guanosine triphosphate (GTP) or a non-cleavable GTP analogue (GDPNP), but not with guanosine diphosphate (GDP), promotes fast association of ribosomal subunits during initiation. Biochemical experiments show that IF2 promotes fast formation of the first peptide bond in the presence of GTP, but not GDPNP or GDP, and that IF2–GDPNP binds strongly to post-initiation ribosomes. We conclude that the GTP form of IF2 accelerates formation of the 70S ribosome from subunits and that GTP hydrolysis accelerates release of IF2 from the 70S ribosome. The results of a recent report, suggesting that GTP and GDP promote initiation equally fast, have been addressed. Our data, indicating that eIF5B and IF2 have similar functions, are used to rationalize the phenotypes of GTPase-deficient mutants of eIF5B and IF2.
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- Borg, Anneli, et al.
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Complete kinetic mechanism for recycling of the bacterial ribosome
- 2016
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Ingår i: RNA. - : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. - 1355-8382 .- 1469-9001. ; 22:1, s. 10-21
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- How EF-G and RRF act together to split a post-termination ribosomal complex into its subunits has remained obscure. Here, using stopped-flow experiments with Rayleigh light scattering detection and quench-flow experiments with radio-detection of GTP hydrolysis, we have clarified the kinetic mechanism of ribosome recycling and obtained precise estimates of its kinetic parameters. Ribosome splitting requires that EF-G binds to an already RRF-containing ribosome. EF-G binding to RRF-free ribosomes induces futile rounds of GTP hydrolysis and inhibits ribosome splitting, implying that while RRF is purely an activator of recycling, EF-G acts as both activator and competitive inhibitor of RRF in recycling of the post-termination ribosome. The ribosome splitting rate and the number of GTPs consumed per splitting event depend strongly on the free concentrations of EF-G and RRF. The maximal recycling rate, here estimated as 25 sec(-1), is approached at very high concentrations of EF-G and RRF with RRF in high excess over EF-G. The present in vitro results, suggesting an in vivo ribosome recycling rate of 5 sec(-1), are discussed in the perspective of rapidly growing bacterial cells.
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- Borg, Anneli, 1983-
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Mechanisms and Inhibition of EF-G-dependent Translocation and Recycling of the Bacterial Ribosome
- 2015
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The GTPase elongation factor G (EF-G) is an important player in the complex process of protein synthesis by bacterial ribosomes. Although extensively studied much remains to be learned about this fascinating protein. In the elongation phase, after incorporation of each amino acid into the growing peptide chain, EF-G translocates the ribosome along the mRNA template. In the recycling phase, when the synthesis of a protein has been completed, EF-G, together with ribosome recycling factor (RRF), splits the ribosome into its subunits. We developed the first in vitro assay for measuring the average time of a complete translocation step at any position along the mRNA. Inside the open reading frame, at saturating EF-G concentration and low magnesium ion concentration, translocation rates were fast and compatible with elongation rates observed in vivo. We also determined the complete kinetic mechanism for EF-G- and RRF-dependent splitting of the post-termination ribosome. We showed that splitting occurs only when RRF binds before EF-G and that the rate and GTP consumption of the reaction varies greatly with the factor concentrations.The antibiotic fusidic acid (FA) inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by binding to EF-G when the factor is ribosome bound, during translocation and ribosome recycling. We developed experimental methods and a theoretical framework for analyzing the effect of tight-binding inhibitors like FA on protein synthesis. We found that FA targets three different states during each elongation cycle and that it binds to EF-G on the post-termination ribosome both in the presence and absence of RRF. The stalling time of an FA-inhibited ribosome is about hundred-fold longer than the time of an uninhibited elongation cycle and therefore each binding event has a large impact on the protein synthesis rate and may induce queuing of ribosomes on the mRNA. Although ribosomes in the elongation and the recycling phases are targeted with similar efficiency, we showed that the main effect of FA in vivo is on elongation. Our results may serve as a basis for modelling of EF-G function and FA inhibition inside the living cell and for structure determination of mechanistically important intermediate states in translocation and ribosome recycling.
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- Bouakaz, Elli, 1974-
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Choice of tRNA on Translating Ribosomes
- 2006
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis addresses different aspects of the question about accuracy of protein synthesis: i) the mechanism of tRNA selection during translation ii) study of ribosomal mutations that affect accuracy and iii) the choice of aminoacyl-tRNA isoacceptors on synonymous codons.By measuring the codon reading efficiencies of cognate and near-cognate ternary complexes we demonstrate that in optimal physiological conditions accuracy of substrate selection is much higher than previously reported; that during translation the ribosomal A site is not blocked by unspecific binding of the non-cognate tRNAs which would inhibit the speed of protein synthesis. Our results suggest that there is an asymmetry between initial selection and proofreading step concerning the wobble position, and that binding of non-cognate substrate does not induce GTP hydrolysis on the ribosome.The knowledge obtained from the ribosomal mutant strains can be used to explain the general relation between the structure of the ribosome and the mechanism of codon recognition, as well as the streptomycin resistance or dependence phenomenon.Our work showed experimentally that the probability for binding certain tRNA to the A site of the ribosome is not based on the simple codon-anticodon base pair matching. In the living cell the availability of cognate tRNAs versus the demand for them (the frequency of codon usage) is finely balanced to ensure critical protein synthesis in stress conditions. We have also discovered a new codon assignment for a specific tRNALeu isoacceptor and detected a base modification in its anticodon, which has not been previously observed. The motivation for the later findings comes from a system biology modeling and the results are an example of an interdisciplinary collaboration.
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- Bouakaz, Lamine, 1973-
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Versatile Implementations of an Improved Cell-Free System for Protein Biosynthesis : Functional and structural studies of ribosomal protein L11 and class II release factor RF3. Novel biotechnological approach for continuous protein biosynthesis
- 2006
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Advances in genetics, proteomics and chromatography techniques have enabled the successfully generation of a cell-free bacterial translation system composed of highly pure and active components. This system provided an ideal platform for better elucidating the mechanism of each individual step of the prokaryotic protein biosynthesis and the function of the translation factors involved in the process. In doing so, we have discovered that the N-terminal domain or complete deletions of the ribosomal protein L11 reduced the termination efficiency of RF1 on cognate stop codons by four to six folds. The L11 deletions also conferred a two folds decrease in the missense error suggesting the increased nonsense termination accuracy of RF2 by two folds, which would clarified previous in vivo observations. The versatility of the cell-free system has provided the additional possibility to study the effects of class II release factor RF3 mutations in mediating fast dissociation of class I release factors RF1 and RF2 from the post-termination ribosome complexes. The results show a series of mutations within RF3 conferring considerable reduction of the class I release factors recycling rate. These observations together with sequence alignment studies suggest the possible location on RF3 of the class I release factors interaction site. In addition, the utilization of the cell-free system has made it possible to develop a new biotechnological approach for continuous production of polypeptides, based on gel filtration chromatography. The pilot trials have so far resulted in a six fold production increase of the MFTI test peptide compared to the conventional batch method.
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