Structural highlights
Function
RS20_ECOLI Binds directly to 16S ribosomal RNA.[HAMAP-Rule:MF_00500]
Publication Abstract from PubMed
During trans-translation, transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA) and small protein B (SmpB) together rescue ribosomes stalled on a truncated mRNA and tag the nascent polypeptide for degradation. We used cryo-electron microscopy to determine the structures of three key states of the tmRNA-SmpB-ribosome complex during trans translation at resolutions of 3.7 to 4.4 angstroms. The results show how tmRNA and SmpB act specifically on stalled ribosomes and how the circularized complex moves through the ribosome, enabling translation to switch from the old defective message to the reading frame on tmRNA.
How a circularized tmRNA moves through the ribosome.,Rae CD, Gordiyenko Y, Ramakrishnan V Science. 2019 Feb 15;363(6428):740-744. doi: 10.1126/science.aav9370. PMID:30765567[1]
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References
- ↑ Rae CD, Gordiyenko Y, Ramakrishnan V. How a circularized tmRNA moves through the ribosome. Science. 2019 Feb 15;363(6428):740-744. doi: 10.1126/science.aav9370. PMID:30765567 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aav9370
