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Kinetic Analysis of Late Steps of Eukaryotic Translation Initiation

Journal

JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 385, Issue 2, Pages 491-506

Publisher

ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.10.029

Keywords

eukaryotic translation initiation; protein synthesis; eIF1A; eIF5B; subunit joining

Funding

  1. National Institutes of Health [GM62128]
  2. American Cancer Society [RSG-03-156-01]
  3. National Institutes of Health
  4. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

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Little is known about the molecular mechanics of the late events of translation initiation in eukaryotes. We present a kinetic dissection of the transition from a preinitiation complex after start codon recognition to the final 80S initiation complex. The resulting framework reveals that eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF)5B actually accelerates the rate of ribosomal subunit Joining, and this acceleration is influenced by the conformation of the GTPase active site of the factor mediated by the bound nucleotide. eIF1A accelerates joining through its C-terminal interaction with eIF5B, and eIF1A release from the initiating ribosome, which occurs only after subunit joining, is accelerated by GTP hydrolysis by eIF5B. Following subunit joining, GTP hydrolysis by eIF5B alters the conformation of the final initiation complex and clears a path to promote rapid release of eIF1A. Our data, coupled with previous work, indicate that eIF1A is present on the ribosome throughout the entire initiation process and plays key roles at every stage. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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