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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 107, 期 45, 页码 19242-19247出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009599107
关键词
genetic code; protein quality control; tRNA mimicy
资金
- Japan Science and Technology (JST)
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
- The Uehara Memorial Foundation
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [22310134] Funding Source: KAKEN
The molecular mechanisms of translation termination and mRNA surveillance in archaea remain unclear. In eukaryotes, eRF3 and HBS1, which are homologous to the tRNA carrier GTPase EF1 alpha, respectively bind eRF1 and Pelota to decipher stop codons or to facilitate mRNA surveillance. However, genome-wide searches of archaea have failed to detect any orthologs to both GTPases. Here, we report the crystal structure of aRF1 from an archaeon, Aeropyrum pernix, and present strong evidence that the authentic archaeal EF1 alpha acts as a carrier GTPase for aRF1 and for aPelota. The binding interface residues between aRF1 and aEF1 alpha predicted from aR-F1.aEF1 alpha.GTP ternary structure model were confirmed by in vivo functional assays. The aRF1/eRF1 structural domain with GGQ motif, which corresponds to the CCA arm of tRNA, contacts with all three structural domains of aEF1 alpha showing striking tRNA mimicry of aRF1/eRF1 and its GTPase-mediated catalysis for stop codon decoding. The multiple binding capacity of archaeal EF1 alpha explains the absence of GTPase orthologs for eRF3 and HBS1 in archaea species and suggests that universal molecular mechanisms underlie translational elongation and termination, and mRNA surveillance pathways.
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