Journal
EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 29, Issue 18, Pages 3108-3117Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.180
Keywords
erythromycin; nascent peptide; ribosome; rRNA; translation
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- National Science Foundation, USA [MCB-0824739]
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Div Of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience [0824739] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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The ribosome is able to monitor the structure of the nascent peptide and can stall in response to specific peptide sequences. Such programmed stalling is used for the regulation of gene expression. The molecular mechanisms of the nascent-peptide recognition and ribosome stalling are unknown. We identified the conserved and posttranscriptionally modified 23S rRNA nucleotide m(2)A2503 located at the entrance of the ribosome exit tunnel as a key component of the ribosomal response mechanism. A2503 mutations abolish nascent-peptide-dependent stalling at the leader cistrons of several inducible antibiotic resistance genes and at the secM regulatory gene. Remarkably, lack of the C2 methylation of A2503 significantly function induction of expression of the ermC gene, indicating that the functional role of posttranscriptional modification is to fine-tune ribosome-nascent peptide interactions. Structural and biochemical evidence suggest that m 2 A2503 may act in concert with the previously identified nascent-peptide sensor, A2062, in the ribosome exit tunnel to relay the stalling signal to the peptidyl transferase centre.
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