Structural highlights
Function
RL4_ECOLI One of the primary rRNA binding proteins, this protein initially binds near the 5'-end of the 23S rRNA. It is important during the early stages of 50S assembly. It makes multiple contacts with different domains of the 23S rRNA in the assembled 50S subunit and ribosome.[1] Protein L4 is a both a transcriptional repressor and a translational repressor protein; these two functions are independent of each other. It regulates transcription of the S10 operon (to which L4 belongs) by causing premature termination of transcription within the S10 leader; termination absolutely requires the NusA protein. L4 controls the translation of the S10 operon by binding to its mRNA. The regions of L4 that control regulation (residues 131-210) are different from those required for ribosome assembly (residues 89-103).[2] Forms part of the polypeptide exit tunnel.[3] Can regulate expression from Citrobacter freundii, Haemophilus influenzae, Morganella morganii, Salmonella typhimurium, Serratia marcescens, Vibrio cholerae and Yersinia enterocolitica (but not Pseudomonas aeruginosa) S10 leaders in vitro.[4]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
The structural basis of the tRNA selection process is investigated by cryo-electron microscopy of ribosomes programmed with UGA codons and incubated with ternary complex (TC) containing the near-cognate Trp-tRNA(Trp) in the presence of kirromycin. Going through more than 350 000 images and employing image classification procedures, we find approximately 8% in which the TC is bound to the ribosome. The reconstructed 3D map provides a means to characterize the arrangement of the near-cognate aa-tRNA with respect to elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) and the ribosome, as well as the domain movements of the ribosome. One of the interesting findings is that near-cognate tRNA's acceptor stem region is flexible and CCA end becomes disordered. The data bring direct structural insights into the induced-fit mechanism of decoding by the ribosome, as the analysis of the interactions between small and large ribosomal subunit, aa-tRNA and EF-Tu and comparison with the cognate case (UGG codon) offers clues on how the conformational signals conveyed to the GTPase differ in the two cases.
Structural insights into cognate versus near-cognate discrimination during decoding.,Agirrezabala X, Schreiner E, Trabuco LG, Lei J, Ortiz-Meoz RF, Schulten K, Green R, Frank J EMBO J. 2011 Mar 4. PMID:21378755[5]
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References
- ↑ Freedman LP, Zengel JM, Archer RH, Lindahl L. Autogenous control of the S10 ribosomal protein operon of Escherichia coli: genetic dissection of transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987 Sep;84(18):6516-20. PMID:2442760
- ↑ Freedman LP, Zengel JM, Archer RH, Lindahl L. Autogenous control of the S10 ribosomal protein operon of Escherichia coli: genetic dissection of transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987 Sep;84(18):6516-20. PMID:2442760
- ↑ Freedman LP, Zengel JM, Archer RH, Lindahl L. Autogenous control of the S10 ribosomal protein operon of Escherichia coli: genetic dissection of transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987 Sep;84(18):6516-20. PMID:2442760
- ↑ Freedman LP, Zengel JM, Archer RH, Lindahl L. Autogenous control of the S10 ribosomal protein operon of Escherichia coli: genetic dissection of transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987 Sep;84(18):6516-20. PMID:2442760
- ↑ Agirrezabala X, Schreiner E, Trabuco LG, Lei J, Ortiz-Meoz RF, Schulten K, Green R, Frank J. Structural insights into cognate versus near-cognate discrimination during decoding. EMBO J. 2011 Mar 4. PMID:21378755 doi:10.1038/emboj.2011.58
