Spontaneous intersubunit rotation in single ribosomes

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作者
Cornish, Peter V. [4 ]
Ermolenko, Drnitri N. [1 ,2 ]
Noller, Harry F. [1 ,2 ]
Ha, Taekjip [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Dept Mol Cell & Dev Biol, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[2] Univ Calif Santa Cruz, Ctr Mol Biol RNA, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA
[3] Univ Illinois, Howard Hughes Med Inst, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[4] Univ Illinois, Dept Phys, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
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10.1016/j.molcel.2008.05.004
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
During the elongation cycle, tRNA and mRNA undergo coupled translocation through the ribosome catalyzed by elongation factor G (EF-G). Cryo-EM reconstructions of certain EF-G-containing complexes led to the proposal that the mechanism of translocation involves rotational movement between the two ribosomal subunits. Here, using single-molecule FRET, we observe that pretranslocation ribosomes undergo spontaneous intersubunit rotational movement in the absence of EF-G, fluctuating between two conformations corresponding to the classical and hybrid states of the translocational cycle. In contrast, posttranslocation ribosomes are fixed predominantly in the classical, nonrotated state. Movement of the acceptor stem of deacylated tRNA into the 50S E site and EF-G binding to the ribosome both contribute to stabilization of the rotated, hybrid state. Furthermore, the acylation state of P site tRNA has a dramatic effect on the frequency of intersubunit rotation. Our results provide direct evidence that the intersubunit rotation that underlies ribosomal translocation is thermally driven.
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页码:578 / 588
页数:11
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