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Deletion of a conserved, central ribosomal intersubunit RNA bridge

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MOLECULAR CELL
Volume 23, Issue 6, Pages 865-874

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.08.011

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Elucidation of the structure of the ribosome has stimulated numerous proposals for the roles of specific rRNA elements, including the universally conserved helix 69 (H69) of 23S rRNA, which forms intersubunit bridge B2a and contacts the D stems of A- and P-site tRNAs. H69 has been proposed to be involved not only in subunit association and tRNA binding but also in initiation, translocation, translational accuracy, the peptidyl transferase reaction, and ribosome recycling. Consistent with such proposals, deletion of H69 confers a dominant lethal phenotype. Remarkably, in vitro assays show that affinity-purified Delta h69 ribosomes have normal translational accuracy, synthesize a full-length protein from a natural mRNA template, and support EF-G-dependent translocation at wild-type rates. However, h Delta 69 50S subunits are unable to associate with 30S subunits in the absence of tRNA, are defective in RF1-catalyzed peptide release, and can be recycled in the absence of RRF.

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