3j92

Structure and assembly pathway of the ribosome quality control complexStructure and assembly pathway of the ribosome quality control complex

3j92, resolution 3.60Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Structural highlights 3j92 is a 10 chain structure with sequence from Oryctolagus cuniculus. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Method: Electron Microscopy, Resolution 3.6Å Ligands: Experimental data: Check Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Publication Abstract from PubMed During ribosome-associated quality control, stalled ribosomes are split into subunits and the 60S-housed nascent polypeptides are poly-ubiquitinated by Listerin. How this low-abundance ubiquitin ligase targets rare stall-generated 60S among numerous empty 60S is unknown. Here, we show that Listerin specificity for nascent chain-60S complexes depends on nuclear export mediator factor (NEMF). The 3.6 A cryo-EM structure of a nascent chain-containing 60S-Listerin-NEMF complex revealed that NEMF makes multiple simultaneous contacts with 60S and peptidyl-tRNA to sense nascent chain occupancy. Structural and mutational analyses showed that ribosome-bound NEMF recruits and stabilizes Listerin's N-terminal domain, while Listerin's C-terminal RWD domain directly contacts the ribosome to position the adjacent ligase domain near the nascent polypeptide exit tunnel. Thus, highly specific nascent chain targeting by Listerin is imparted by the avidity gained from a multivalent network of context-specific individually weak interactions, highlighting a new principle of client recognition during protein quality control. Structure and Assembly Pathway of the Ribosome Quality Control Complex.,Shao S, Brown A, Santhanam B, Hegde RS Mol Cell. 2015 Jan 7. pii: S1097-2765(14)00964-2. doi:, 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.12.015. PMID:25578875 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. See Also Transfer RNA (tRNA)