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Solution structure of the ribosome-associated cold shock response protein Yfia of Escherichia coli
Structural highlights
FunctionYFIA_ECOLI During stationary phase, prevents 70S dimer formation, probably in order to regulate translation efficiency during transition between the exponential and the stationary phases. In addition, during environmental stress such as cold shock or excessive cell density at stationary phase, stabilizes the 70S ribosome against dissociation, inhibits translation initiation and increase translation accuracy. When normal growth conditions are restored, is quickly released from the ribosome. Inhibits translation initiation by blocking the A-site (aminoacyl-tRNA site) and P-site (peptidyl-tRNA site) of the ribosome. Counteracts miscoding (translation errors) particularly efficiently at magnesium concentrations close to those observed in vivo but less efficiently at higher concentrations. Counteraction of miscoding was shown to be stronger than inhibition of translation, suggesting that the former activity could be the main function of RaiA in vivo.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMedThe solution structure of the ribosome-associated cold shock response protein Yfia of Escherichia coli was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance with a RMSD of 0.6A. Yfia shows a global beta-alpha-beta-beta-beta-alpha folding topology similar to its homologue HI0257 of Haemophilus influenzae and the double-strand-binding domain of Drosophila Staufen protein. Yfia and HI0257 differ in their surface charges and in the composition of their flexible C-termini, indicating their specificity to different target molecules. Both proteins exhibit a hydrophobic and polar region, which probably functions as interaction site for protein complex formation. Despite their similarity to the dsRBD fold, Yfia does not bind to model fragments of 16S ribosomal RNA as determined by NMR titration and gel shift experiments. Solution structure of the ribosome-associated cold shock response protein Yfia of Escherichia coli.,Rak A, Kalinin A, Shcherbakov D, Bayer P Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2002 Dec 20;299(5):710-4. PMID:12470636[7] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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