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NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 18, Issue 2, Pages 169-U230Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1962
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- Academic Research Council (Singapore) [12/05, T207B3205]
- Singapore Ministry of Education
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Structural dynamics of large molecular assemblies are intricately linked to function. For ribosomes, macromolecular changes occur especially during mRNA translation and involve participation of ribosomal RNA. Without suitable probes specific to RNA secondary structure, however, elucidation of more subtle dynamic ribosome structure-function relationships, especially in vivo, remains challenging. Here we report that the Z-DNA- and Z-RNA-binding domain Z alpha, derived from the human RNA editing enzyme ADAR1-L, binds with high stability to specific rRNA segments of Escherichia coli and human ribosomes. Z alpha impaired in Z-RNA recognition does not associate with ribosomes. Notably, Z alpha(ADAR1)-ribosome interaction blocks translation in vitro and in vivo, with substantial physiological consequences. Our study shows that ribosomes can be targeted by a protein that specifically recognizes an alternate rRNA secondary structure, and suggests a new mechanism of translational regulation on the ribosome.
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