55S mammalian mitochondrial ribosome with ICT1 and P site tRNAMet55S mammalian mitochondrial ribosome with ICT1 and P site tRNAMet

Structural highlights

7nql is a 10 chain structure with sequence from Sus scrofa. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Method:Electron Microscopy, Resolution 3.4Å
Ligands:, , , ,
Resources:FirstGlance, OCA, PDBe, RCSB, PDBsum, ProSAT

Function

A0A4X1UFR4_PIG

Publication Abstract from PubMed

The mitochondrial translation system originates from a bacterial ancestor but has substantially diverged in the course of evolution. Here, we use single-particle cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) as a screening tool to identify mitochondrial translation termination mechanisms and to describe them in molecular detail. We show how mitochondrial release factor 1a releases the nascent chain from the ribosome when it encounters the canonical stop codons UAA and UAG. Furthermore, we define how the peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase ICT1 acts as a rescue factor on mitoribosomes that have stalled on truncated messages to recover them for protein synthesis. Finally, we present structural models detailing the process of mitochondrial ribosome recycling to explain how a dedicated elongation factor, mitochondrial EFG2 (mtEFG2), has specialized for cooperation with the mitochondrial ribosome recycling factor to dissociate the mitoribosomal subunits at the end of the translation process.

Structural basis of translation termination, rescue, and recycling in mammalian mitochondria.,Kummer E, Schubert KN, Schoenhut T, Scaiola A, Ban N Mol Cell. 2021 Jun 17;81(12):2566-2582.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.03.042. , Epub 2021 Apr 19. PMID:33878294[1]

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References

  1. Kummer E, Schubert KN, Schoenhut T, Scaiola A, Ban N. Structural basis of translation termination, rescue, and recycling in mammalian mitochondria. Mol Cell. 2021 Jun 17;81(12):2566-2582.e6. PMID:33878294 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2021.03.042

7nql, resolution 3.40Å

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