Publication Date:
2011-11-05
Description:
Protein synthesis in all organisms is catalyzed by ribosomes. In comparison to their prokaryotic counterparts, eukaryotic ribosomes are considerably larger and are subject to more complex regulation. The large ribosomal subunit (60S) catalyzes peptide bond formation and contains the nascent polypeptide exit tunnel. We present the structure of the 60S ribosomal subunit from Tetrahymena thermophila in complex with eukaryotic initiation factor 6 (eIF6), cocrystallized with the antibiotic cycloheximide (a eukaryotic-specific inhibitor of protein synthesis), at a resolution of 3.5 angstroms. The structure illustrates the complex functional architecture of the eukaryotic 60S subunit, which comprises an intricate network of interactions between eukaryotic-specific ribosomal protein features and RNA expansion segments. It reveals the roles of eukaryotic ribosomal protein elements in the stabilization of the active site and the extent of eukaryotic-specific differences in other functional regions of the subunit. Furthermore, it elucidates the molecular basis of the interaction with eIF6 and provides a structural framework for further studies of ribosome-associated diseases and the role of the 60S subunit in the initiation of protein synthesis.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Klinge, Sebastian -- Voigts-Hoffmann, Felix -- Leibundgut, Marc -- Arpagaus, Sofia -- Ban, Nenad -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2011 Nov 18;334(6058):941-8. doi: 10.1126/science.1211204. Epub 2011 Nov 3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22052974" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Anti-Bacterial Agents/metabolism
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Base Sequence
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Binding Sites
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Crystallization
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Crystallography, X-Ray
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Cycloheximide/metabolism
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Eukaryotic Initiation Factors/*chemistry/metabolism
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Models, Molecular
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Nucleic Acid Conformation
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Peptide Chain Initiation, Translational
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Protein Conformation
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Protein Structure, Secondary
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Protozoan Proteins/chemistry/metabolism
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RNA, Protozoan/chemistry/metabolism
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RNA, Ribosomal/chemistry/metabolism
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RNA, Ribosomal, 5.8S/chemistry/metabolism
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Ribosomal Proteins/*chemistry/metabolism
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Ribosome Subunits, Large, Eukaryotic/*chemistry/metabolism/ultrastructure
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Tetrahymena thermophila/*chemistry/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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