8bge
From Proteopedia
Elongating E. coli 70S ribosome containing acylated tRNA(iMet) in the P-site and AAm6A mRNA codon in the A-site after uncompleted di-peptide formation
Structural highlights
FunctionRL4_ECOLI One of the primary rRNA binding proteins, this protein initially binds near the 5'-end of the 23S rRNA. It is important during the early stages of 50S assembly. It makes multiple contacts with different domains of the 23S rRNA in the assembled 50S subunit and ribosome.[1] Protein L4 is a both a transcriptional repressor and a translational repressor protein; these two functions are independent of each other. It regulates transcription of the S10 operon (to which L4 belongs) by causing premature termination of transcription within the S10 leader; termination absolutely requires the NusA protein. L4 controls the translation of the S10 operon by binding to its mRNA. The regions of L4 that control regulation (residues 131-210) are different from those required for ribosome assembly (residues 89-103).[2] Forms part of the polypeptide exit tunnel.[3] Can regulate expression from Citrobacter freundii, Haemophilus influenzae, Morganella morganii, Salmonella typhimurium, Serratia marcescens, Vibrio cholerae and Yersinia enterocolitica (but not Pseudomonas aeruginosa) S10 leaders in vitro.[4] Publication Abstract from PubMedN(6)-methyladenosine (m(6)A) is an abundant, dynamic mRNA modification that regulates key steps of cellular mRNA metabolism. m(6)A in the mRNA coding regions inhibits translation elongation. Here, we show how m(6)A modulates decoding in the bacterial translation system using a combination of rapid kinetics, smFRET and single-particle cryo-EM. We show that, while the modification does not impair the initial binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the ribosome, in the presence of m(6)A fewer ribosomes complete the decoding process due to the lower stability of the complexes and enhanced tRNA drop-off. The mRNA codon adopts a pi-stacked codon conformation that is remodeled upon aminoacyl-tRNA binding. m(6)A does not exclude canonical codon-anticodon geometry, but favors alternative more dynamic conformations that are rejected by the ribosome. These results highlight how modifications outside the Watson-Crick edge can still interfere with codon-anticodon base pairing and complex recognition by the ribosome, thereby modulating the translational efficiency of modified mRNAs. Modulation of translational decoding by m(6)A modification of mRNA.,Jain S, Koziej L, Poulis P, Kaczmarczyk I, Gaik M, Rawski M, Ranjan N, Glatt S, Rodnina MV Nat Commun. 2023 Aug 8;14(1):4784. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40422-7. PMID:37553384[5] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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