Distinctive Contributions of the Ribosomal P-site Elements M2G966, M5C967 and the C-terminal Tail of the S9 Protein in the Fidelity of Initiation of Translation in Escherichia Coli

Overview

Journal Nucleic Acids Res

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 2013 Mar 27

PMID 23530111

Citations 19

Authors

Smriti Arora

Satya Prathyusha Bhamidimarri

Moitrayee Bhattacharyya

Ashwin Govindan

Michael H W Weber

Saraswathi Vishveshwara

Umesh Varshney

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Abstract

The accuracy of pairing of the anticodon of the initiator tRNA (tRNA(fMet)) and the initiation codon of an mRNA, in the ribosomal P-site, is crucial for determining the translational reading frame. However, a direct role of any ribosomal element(s) in scrutinizing this pairing is unknown. The P-site elements, m(2)G966 (methylated by RsmD), m(5)C967 (methylated by RsmB) and the C-terminal tail of the protein S9 lie in the vicinity of tRNA(fMet). We investigated the role of these elements in initiation from various codons, namely, AUG, GUG, UUG, CUG, AUA, AUU, AUC and ACG with tRNA(fMet(CAU) (tRNA(fMet) with CAU anticodon); CAC and CAU with tRNA(fMet(GUG); UAG with tRNA(fMet(CAU) ; UAC with tRNA(fMet(GUG) ; and AUC with tRNA(fMet(GUG) using in vivo and computational methods. Although RsmB deficiency did not impact initiation from most codons, RsmD deficiency increased initiation from AUA, CAC and CAU (2- to 3.6-fold). Deletion of the S9 C-terminal tail resulted in poorer initiation from UUG, GUG and CUG, but in increased initiation from CAC, CAU and UAC codons (up to 4-fold). Also, the S9 tail suppressed initiation with tRNA(fMet(CAU) lacking the 3GC base pairs in the anticodon stem. These observations suggest distinctive roles of 966/967 methylations and the S9 tail in initiation.

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