8bil

From Proteopedia

Initiation complex of the E. coli 70S ribosome with mRNA containing AAA codon in the A-site.

Structural highlights

8bil is a 10 chain structure with sequence from Escherichia coli K-12. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:	Electron Microscopy, Resolution 2.04Å
Ligands:
Resources:	FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

RL2_ECOLI One of the primary rRNA binding proteins. Located near the base of the L1 stalk, it is probably also mobile. Required for association of the 30S and 50S subunits to form the 70S ribosome, for tRNA binding and peptide bond formation. It has been suggested to have peptidyltransferase activity; this is highly controversial.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_01320_B] In the E.coli 70S ribosome in the initiation state it has been modeled to make several contacts with the 16S rRNA (forming bridge B7b, PubMed:12809609); these contacts are broken in the model with bound EF-G.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_01320_B]

Publication Abstract from PubMed

N(6)-methyladenosine (m(6)A) is an abundant, dynamic mRNA modification that regulates key steps of cellular mRNA metabolism. m(6)A in the mRNA coding regions inhibits translation elongation. Here, we show how m(6)A modulates decoding in the bacterial translation system using a combination of rapid kinetics, smFRET and single-particle cryo-EM. We show that, while the modification does not impair the initial binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosome, in the presence of m(6)A fewer ribosomes complete the decoding process due to the lower stability of the complexes and enhanced tRNA drop-off. The mRNA codon adopts a pi-stacked codon conformation that is remodeled upon aminoacyl-tRNA binding. m(6)A does not exclude canonical codon-anticodon geometry, but favors alternative more dynamic conformations that are rejected by the ribosome. These results highlight how modifications outside the Watson-Crick edge can still interfere with codon-anticodon base pairing and complex recognition by the ribosome, thereby modulating the translational efficiency of modified mRNAs.

Modulation of translational decoding by m(6)A modification of mRNA.,Jain S, Koziej L, Poulis P, Kaczmarczyk I, Gaik M, Rawski M, Ranjan N, Glatt S, Rodnina MV Nat Commun. 2023 Aug 8;14(1):4784. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40422-7. PMID:37553384^[1]

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

References

↑ Jain S, Koziej L, Poulis P, Kaczmarczyk I, Gaik M, Rawski M, Ranjan N, Glatt S, Rodnina MV. Modulation of translational decoding by m(6)A modification of mRNA. Nat Commun. 2023 Aug 8;14(1):4784. PMID:37553384 doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40422-7