2fvo

Docking of the modified RF1 X-ray structure into the Low Resolution Cryo-EM map of E.coli 70S Ribosome bound with RF1Docking of the modified RF1 X-ray structure into the Low Resolution Cryo-EM map of E.coli 70S Ribosome bound with RF1

2fvo, resolution 12.80Å Show:Asymmetric Unit Biological Assembly Structural highlights 2fvo is a 1 chain structure with sequence from Atcc 43589. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance. Related: 1rq0 Gene: prfA (ATCC 43589) Experimental data: Check Resources: FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT Function [RF1_THEMA] Peptide chain release factor 1 directs the termination of translation in response to the peptide chain termination codons UAG and UAA (By similarity). Evolutionary Conservation Check, as determined by ConSurfDB. You may read the explanation of the method and the full data available from ConSurf. Publication Abstract from PubMed In eubacteria, termination of translation is signaled by any one of the stop codons UAA, UAG, and UGA moving into the ribosomal A site. Two release factors, RF1 and RF2, recognize and bind to the stop codons with different affinities and trigger the hydrolysis of the ester bond that links the polypeptide with the P-site tRNA. Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) results obtained in this study show that ribosome-bound RF1 is in an open conformation, unlike the closed conformation observed in the crystal structure of the free factor, allowing its simultaneous access to both the decoding center and the peptidyl-transferase center. These results are similar to those obtained for RF2, but there is an important difference in how the factors bind to protein L11, which forms part of the GTPase-associated center of the large ribosomal subunit. The difference in the binding position, C-terminal domain for RF2 versus N-terminal domain for RF1, explains a body of L11 mutation studies that revealed differential effects on the activity of the two factors. Very recent data obtained with small-angle X-ray scattering now reveal that the solution structure of RF1 is open, as here seen on the ribosome by cryo-EM, and not closed, as seen in the crystal. Interactions of the release factor RF1 with the ribosome as revealed by cryo-EM.,Rawat U, Gao H, Zavialov A, Gursky R, Ehrenberg M, Frank J J Mol Biol. 2006 Apr 7;357(4):1144-53. Epub 2006 Jan 30. PMID:16476444 From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.