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Wang Y, Bai Y, Zeng Q, Jiang Z, Liu Y, Wang X, Liu X, Liu C, Min W. Recent advances in the metabolic engineering and physiological opportunities for microbial synthesis of L-aspartic acid family amino acids: A review. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 253:126916. [PMID: 37716660 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.126916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 09/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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L-aspartic acid, L-threonine, L-isoleucine, l-lysine, and L-methionine constitute the l-aspartate amino acids (AFAAs). Except for L-aspartic acid, these are essential amino acids that cannot be synthesized by humans or animals themselves. E. coli and C. glutamicum are the main model organisms for AFAA production. It is necessary to reconstitute microbial cell factories and the physiological state of industrial fermentation cells for in-depth research into strains with higher AFAA production levels and optimal growth states. Considering that the anabolic pathways of the AFAAs and engineering modifications have rarely been reviewed in the latest progress, this work reviews the central metabolic pathways of two strains and strategies for the metabolic engineering of AFAA synthetic pathways. The challenges posed by microbial physiology in AFAA production and possible strategies to address them, as well as future research directions for constructing strains with high AFAA production levels, are discussed in this review article.
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- Yusheng Wang
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, PR China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, PR China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, PR China.
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Hua X, He J, Wang J, Zhang L, Zhang L, Xu Q, Shi K, Leptihn S, Shi Y, Fu X, Zhu P, Higgins PG, Yu Y. Novel tigecycline resistance mechanisms in Acinetobacter baumannii mediated by mutations in adeS, rpoB and rrf. Emerg Microbes Infect 2021; 10:1404-1417. [PMID: 34170209 PMCID: PMC8274536 DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2021.1948804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Acinetobacter baumannii is an important pathogen in hospital acquired infections. Although tigecycline currently remains a potent antibiotic for treating infections caused by multidrug resistant A. baumannii (MDRAB) strains, reports of tigecycline resistant isolates have substantially increased. The resistance mechanisms to tigecycline in A. baumannii are far more complicated and diverse than what has been described in the literature so far. Here, we characterize in vitro-selected MDRAB strains obtained by increasing concentrations of tigecycline. We have identified mutations in adeS, rrf and rpoB that result in reduced susceptibility to tigecycline. Using in situ complementation experiments, we confirm that mutations in rrf, rpoB, and two types of mutations in adeS correlate with tigecycline resistance. By Western blot and polysome profile analysis, we demonstrate that the rrf mutation results in decreased expression of RRF, which affects the process of ribosome recycling ultimately leading to increased tigecycline tolerance. A transcriptional analysis shows that the mutated rpoB gene plays a role in regulating the expression of the SAM-dependent methyltransferase (trm) and transcriptional regulators, to confer moderate tigecycline resistance. This study provides direct in vitro evidence that mutations in the adeS, rpoB and rrf are associated with tigecycline resistance in A. baumannii.
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- Xiaoting Hua
- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute, Zhejiang University, Haining, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels and Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, People's Republic of China.,Single-cell Center, Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- Single-Cell Center, CAS Key Laboratory of Biofuels and Shandong Key Laboratory of Energy Genetics, Qingdao Institute of BioEnergy and Bioprocess Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, People's Republic of China.,Single-cell Center, Shandong Energy Institute, Qingdao, People's Republic of China
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- Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.,German Centre for Infection Research, Partner site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology and Bioinformatics of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China.,Regional Medical Center for National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, People's Republic of China
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Structural insights into unique features of the human mitochondrial ribosome recycling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:8283-8288. [PMID: 30962385 PMCID: PMC6486771 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1815675116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Mammalian mitochondrial ribosomes (mitoribosomes) are responsible for synthesizing proteins that are essential for oxidative phosphorylation (ATP generation). Despite their common ancestry with bacteria, the composition and structure of the human mitoribosome and its translational factors are significantly different from those of their bacterial counterparts. The mammalian mitoribosome recycling factor (RRFmt) carries a mito-specific N terminus extension (NTE), which is necessary for the function of RRFmt Here we present a 3.9-Å resolution cryo-electron microscopic (cryo-EM) structure of the human 55S mitoribosome-RRFmt complex, which reveals α-helix and loop structures for the NTE that makes multiple mito-specific interactions with functionally critical regions of the mitoribosome. These include ribosomal RNA segments that constitute the peptidyl transferase center (PTC) and those that connect PTC with the GTPase-associated center and with mitoribosomal proteins L16 and L27. Our structure reveals the presence of a tRNA in the pe/E position and a rotation of the small mitoribosomal subunit on RRFmt binding. In addition, we observe an interaction between the pe/E tRNA and a mito-specific protein, mL64. These findings help understand the unique features of mitoribosome recycling.
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Hammerstrom TG, Beabout K, Clements TP, Saxer G, Shamoo Y. Acinetobacter baumannii Repeatedly Evolves a Hypermutator Phenotype in Response to Tigecycline That Effectively Surveys Evolutionary Trajectories to Resistance. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0140489. [PMID: 26488727 PMCID: PMC4619398 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 09/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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The evolution of hypermutators in response to antibiotic treatment in both clinical and laboratory settings provides a unique context for the study of adaptive evolution. With increased mutation rates, the number of hitchhiker mutations within an evolving hypermutator population is remarkably high and presents substantial challenges in determining which mutations are adaptive. Intriguingly however, hypermutators also provide an opportunity to explore deeply the accessible evolutionary trajectories that lead to increased organism fitness, in this case the evolution of antibiotic resistance to the clinically relevant antibiotic tigecycline by the hospital pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii. Using a continuous culture system, AB210M, a clinically derived strain of A. baumannii, was evolved to tigecycline resistance. Analysis of the adapted populations showed that nearly all the successful lineages became hypermutators via movement of a mobile element to inactivate mutS. In addition, metagenomic analysis of population samples revealed another 896 mutations that occurred at a frequency greater than 5% in the population, while 38 phenotypically distinct individual colonies harbored a total of 1712 mutations. These mutations were scattered throughout the genome and affected ~40% of the coding sequences. The most highly mutated gene was adeS, a known tigecycline-resistance gene; however, adeS was not solely responsible for the high level of TGC resistance. Sixteen other genes stood out as potentially relevant to increased resistance. The five most prominent candidate genes (adeS, rpsJ, rrf, msbA, and gna) consistently re-emerged in subsequent replicate population studies suggesting they are likely to play a role in adaptation to tigecycline. Interestingly, the repeated evolution of a hypermutator phenotype in response to antibiotic stress illustrates not only a highly adaptive strategy to resistance, but also a remarkably efficient survey of successful evolutionary trajectories.
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- Troy G Hammerstrom
- Department of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Identification of RNA aptamers against recombinant proteins with a hexa-histidine tag. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1111:41-56. [PMID: 24549611 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-755-6_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Artificial riboswitches that respond to the concentrations of intracellular proteins are a promising tool with a variety of applications. They can be designed and engineered using existing RNA aptamers that target proteins. Aptamers are generated via an iterative selection-amplification process, known as systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX). This chapter describes a SELEX procedure for the identification of RNA aptamers against hexa-histidine-tagged proteins. For the efficient enrichment of higher affinity aptamers, the selection stringency should be gradually increased. Undesired RNA species that bind to affinity resins can be eliminated from the pool by using a negative selection step and alternating different types of resins.
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Todorova R, Saihara Y. Link between RRF and the GTP-ase Domain of the Bacterial Ribosome. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2009.10817611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Stapulionis R, Wang Y, Dempsey GT, Khudaravalli R, Nielsen KM, Cooperman BS, Goldman YE, Knudsen CR. Fast in vitro translation system immobilized on a surface via specific biotinylation of the ribosome. Biol Chem 2008; 389:1239-49. [PMID: 18713011 DOI: 10.1515/bc.2008.141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The ribosome is the macromolecular machine responsible for translating the genetic code into polypeptide chains. Despite impressive structural and kinetic studies of the translation process, a number of challenges remain with respect to understanding the dynamic properties of the translation apparatus. Single-molecule techniques hold the potential of characterizing the structural and mechanical properties of macromolecules during their functional cycles in real time. These techniques often necessitate the specific coupling of biologically active molecules to a surface. Here, we describe a procedure for such coupling of functionally active ribosomes that permits single-molecule studies of protein synthesis. Oxidation with NaIO4 at the 3' end of 23S rRNA and subsequent reaction with a biotin hydrazide produces biotinylated 70S ribosomes, which can be immobilized on a streptavidin-coated surface. The surface-attached ribosomes are fully active in poly(U) translation in vitro, synthesizing poly(Phe) at a rate of 3-6 peptide bonds/s per active ribosome at 37 degrees C. Specificity of binding of biotinylated ribosomes to a streptavidin-coated quartz surface was confirmed by observation of individual fluorescently labeled, biotinylated 70S ribosomes, using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. Functional interactions of the immobilized ribosomes with various components of the protein synthesis apparatus are shown by use of surface plasmon resonance.
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- Romualdas Stapulionis
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade, Bldg. 1520, DK-8000 Arhus C, Denmark
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Rorbach J, Richter R, Wessels HJ, Wydro M, Pekalski M, Farhoud M, Kühl I, Gaisne M, Bonnefoy N, Smeitink JA, Lightowlers RN, Chrzanowska-Lightowlers ZMA. The human mitochondrial ribosome recycling factor is essential for cell viability. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:5787-99. [PMID: 18782833 PMCID: PMC2566884 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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The molecular mechanism of human mitochondrial translation has yet to be fully described. We are particularly interested in understanding the process of translational termination and ribosome recycling in the mitochondrion. Several candidates have been implicated, for which subcellular localization and characterization have not been reported. Here, we show that the putative mitochondrial recycling factor, mtRRF, is indeed a mitochondrial protein. Expression of human mtRRF in fission yeast devoid of endogenous mitochondrial recycling factor suppresses the respiratory phenotype. Further, human mtRRF is able to associate with Escherichia coli ribosomes in vitro and can associate with mitoribosomes in vivo. Depletion of mtRRF in human cell lines is lethal, initially causing profound mitochondrial dysmorphism, aggregation of mitoribosomes, elevated mitochondrial superoxide production and eventual loss of OXPHOS complexes. Finally, mtRRF was shown to co-immunoprecipitate a large number of mitoribosomal proteins attached to other mitochondrial proteins, including putative members of the mitochondrial nucleoid.
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- Joanna Rorbach
- Mitochondrial Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Medical School, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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Hirokawa G, Kaji H, Kaji A. Inhibition of antiassociation activity of translation initiation factor 3 by paromomycin. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 51:175-80. [PMID: 17088492 PMCID: PMC1797670 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01096-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The effect of paromomycin on the interaction of ribosomal subunits was studied. Paromomycin inhibited the antiassociation activity of initiation factor 3 (IF3). Furthermore, ribosomal subunits were associated to form 70S ribosomes by paromomycin even in the presence of 1 mM Mg(2+). Paromomycin did not inhibit the binding of IF3 to the 30S ribosomal subunits. On the other hand, IF3 bound to the 30S subunits was expelled by paromomycin-induced subunit association (70S formation). These results indicate that the stabilization of 70S ribosomes by paromomycin may in part be responsible for its inhibitory effects on translocation and ribosome recycling.
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- Go Hirokawa
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, 1020 Locust Street, JAH 456A, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Guo P, Zhang L, Zhang H, Feng Y, Jing G. Domain II plays a crucial role in the function of ribosome recycling factor. Biochem J 2006; 393:767-77. [PMID: 16262604 PMCID: PMC1360730 DOI: 10.1042/bj20050780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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RRF (ribosome recycling factor) consists of two domains, and in concert with EF-G (elongation factor-G), triggers dissociation of the post-termination ribosomal complex. However, the function of the individual domains of RRF remains unclear. To clarify this, two RRF chimaeras, EcoDI/TteDII and TteDI/EcoDII, were created by domain swaps between the proteins from Escherichia coli and Thermoanaerobacter tengcongensis. The ribosome recycling activity of the RRF chimaeras was compared with their wild-type RRFs by using in vivo and in vitro activity assays. Like wild-type TteRRF (T. tengcongensis RRF), the EcoDI/TteDII chimaera is non-functional in E. coli, but both wild-type TteRRF, and EcoDI/TteDII can be activated by coexpression of T. tengcongensis EF-G in E. coli. By contrast, like wild-type E. coli RRF (EcoRRF), TteDI/EcoDII is fully functional in E. coli. These findings suggest that domain II of RRF plays a crucial role in the concerted action of RRF and EF-G for the post-termination complex disassembly, and the specific interaction between RRF and EF-G on ribosomes mainly depends on the interaction between domain II of RRF and EF-G. This study provides direct genetic and biochemical evidence for the function of the individual domains of RRF.
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- Peng Guo
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 15 Datun Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China
- To whom correspondence should be addressed (email )
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Hirokawa G, Nijman RM, Raj VS, Kaji H, Igarashi K, Kaji A. The role of ribosome recycling factor in dissociation of 70S ribosomes into subunits. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2005; 11:1317-28. [PMID: 16043510 PMCID: PMC1370814 DOI: 10.1261/rna.2520405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Protein synthesis is initiated on ribosomal subunits. However, it is not known how 70S ribosomes are dissociated into small and large subunits. Here we show that 70S ribosomes, as well as the model post-termination complexes, are dissociated into stable subunits by cooperative action of three translation factors: ribosome recycling factor (RRF), elongation factor G (EF-G), and initiation factor 3 (IF3). The subunit dissociation is stable enough to be detected by conventional sucrose density gradient centrifugation (SDGC). GTP, but not nonhydrolyzable GTP analog, is essential in this process. We found that RRF and EF-G alone transiently dissociate 70S ribosomes. However, the transient dissociation cannot be detected by SDGC. IF3 stabilizes the dissociation by binding to the transiently formed 30S subunits, preventing re-association back to 70S ribosomes. The three-factor-dependent stable dissociation of ribosomes into subunits completes the ribosome cycle and the resulting subunits are ready for the next round of translation.
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- Go Hirokawa
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Saikrishnan K, Kalapala SK, Varshney U, Vijayan M. X-ray structural studies of Mycobacterium tuberculosis RRF and a comparative study of RRFs of known structure. Molecular plasticity and biological implications. J Mol Biol 2005; 345:29-38. [PMID: 15567408 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2004] [Revised: 10/10/2004] [Accepted: 10/13/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The crystal structure of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ribosome recycling factor has been determined and refined against three X-ray diffraction data sets, two collected at room temperature and the other at 100K. The two room-temperature data sets differ in the radiation damage suffered by the crystals before the data used for processing were collected. A comparison between the structures refined against the two data sets indicates the possibility of radiation-induced conformational change. The L-shaped molecule is composed of a long three-helix bundle domain (domain I) and a globular domain (domain II) connected by a linker region. The main difference between the room-temperature structure and the low temperature structure is in the rotation of domain II about an axis close to its libration axis. This observation and a detailed comparative study of ribosome recycling factors (RRFs) of known structures led to an elaboration of the present understanding of the structural variability of RRF. The variability involves a change in the angle between the two arms of the molecule, a rotation of domain II in a plane nearly perpendicular to the axis of the helix bundle and an internal rotation of domain II. Furthermore, the domains and the linker could be delineated into fixed and variable regions in a physically meaningful manner. The relative mobility of the domains of the molecule in the crystal structure appears to be similar to that in the ribosome--RRF complex. That permits a meaningful discussion of the structural features of RRF in terms of ribosome--RRF interactions. The structure also provides insights into the results of inter-species complementation studies.
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- K Saikrishnan
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Wilson DN, Schluenzen F, Harms JM, Yoshida T, Ohkubo T, Albrecht R, Buerger J, Kobayashi Y, Fucini P. X-ray crystallography study on ribosome recycling: the mechanism of binding and action of RRF on the 50S ribosomal subunit. EMBO J 2004; 24:251-60. [PMID: 15616575 PMCID: PMC545814 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2004] [Accepted: 11/26/2004] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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This study presents the crystal structure of domain I of the Escherichia coli ribosome recycling factor (RRF) bound to the Deinococcus radiodurans 50S subunit. The orientation of RRF is consistent with the position determined on a 70S-RRF complex by cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM). Alignment, however, requires a rotation of 7 degrees and a shift of the cryo-EM RRF by a complete turn of an alpha-helix, redefining the contacts established with ribosomal components. At 3.3 A resolution, RRF is seen to interact exclusively with ribosomal elements associated with tRNA binding and/or translocation. Furthermore, these results now provide a high-resolution structural description of the conformational changes that were suspected to occur on the 70S-RRF complex, which has implications for the synergistic action of RRF with elongation factor G (EF-G). Specifically, the tip of the universal bridge element H69 is shifted by 20 A toward h44 of the 30S subunit, suggesting that RRF primes the intersubunit bridge B2a for the action of EF-G. Collectively, our data enable a model to be proposed for the dual action of EF-G and RRF during ribosome recycling.
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- Daniel N Wilson
- Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
- These authors contributed equally to this work
- Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 73, Berlin 14195, Germany. Tel.: +49 (0) 40 8998 2809; Fax: +49 (0) 40 8971 6848; E-mail:
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- Riboworld.com, Hamburg, Germany
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
- Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 73, Berlin 14195, Germany. Tel.: +49 (0) 30 8413 1691; Fax: +49 (0) 30 8413 1690; E-mail:
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Mori T, Oguro A, Ohtsu T, Nakamura Y. RNA aptamers selected against the receptor activator of NF-kappaB acquire general affinity to proteins of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:6120-8. [PMID: 15562003 PMCID: PMC534629 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The receptor activator of NF-kappaB (RANK) is a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor family and acts to cause osteoclastgenesis through the interaction with its ligand, RANKL. We isolated RNA aptamers with high affinity to human RANK by SELEX. Sequence and mutational analysis revealed that the selected RNAs form a G-quartet conformation that is crucial for binding to RANK. When the aptamer binding to RANK was challenged by RANKL, there was no competition between the aptamer and RANKL. Instead, the formation of a ternary complex, aptamer-RANK-RANKL, was detected by a spin down assay and by BIAcore surface plasmon resonance analysis. Moreover, the selected aptamer efficiently bound to other TNF receptor family proteins, such as TRAIL-R2, CD30, NGFR as well as osteoprotegerin, a decoy receptor for RANK. These results suggest that the selected aptamer recognizes not the ligand-binding site, but rather a common structure conserved in the TNF receptor family proteins.
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- Tadashi Mori
- Research and Development Division, Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation, 1000, Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama 227-0033, Japan
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Nakamura Y, Uno M, Toyoda T, Fujiwara T, Ito K. Protein tRNA mimicry in translation termination. COLD SPRING HARBOR SYMPOSIA ON QUANTITATIVE BIOLOGY 2003; 66:469-75. [PMID: 12762049 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2001.66.469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Y Nakamura
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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Todorova RT, Saihara Y. Specific binding of ribosome recycling factor (RRF) with the Escherichia coli ribosomes by BIACORE. Mol Biol Rep 2003; 30:113-9. [PMID: 12841582 DOI: 10.1023/a:1023991026045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The direct assays on Biacore with immobilised RRF and purified L11 from E. coli in the flow trough have shown unspecific binding between the both proteins. The interaction of RRF with GTPase domain of E. coli ribosomes, a functionally active complex of L11 with 23S r RNA and L10.(L7/L12)4 was studied by Biacore. In the experiments of binding of RRF with 30S, 50S and 70S ribosomes from E. coli were used the antibiotics thiostrepton, tetracycline and neomycin and factors, influencing the 70S dissociation Mg2+, NH4Cl, EDTA. The binding is strongly dependent from the concentrations of RRF, Mg2+, NH4Cl, EDTA and is inhibited by thiostrepton. The effect is most specific for 50S subunits and indicates that the GTPase centre can be considered as a possible site of interaction of RRF with the ribosome. We can consider an electrostatic character of the interactions with most probable candidate 16S and 23S r RNA at the interface of 30S and 50S ribosomal subunits.
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- Roumiana T Todorova
- Institute of Biophysics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Oguro A, Ohtsu T, Svitkin YV, Sonenberg N, Nakamura Y. RNA aptamers to initiation factor 4A helicase hinder cap-dependent translation by blocking ATP hydrolysis. RNA (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2003; 9:394-407. [PMID: 12649492 PMCID: PMC1370407 DOI: 10.1261/rna.2161303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2002] [Accepted: 12/16/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The mammalian translation initiation factor 4A (eIF4A) is a prototype member of the DEAD-box RNA helicase family that couples ATPase activity to RNA binding and unwinding. In the crystal form, eIF4A has a distended "dumbbell" structure consisting of two domains, which probably undergo a conformational change, on binding ATP, to form a compact, functional structure via the juxtaposition of the two domains. Moreover, additional conformational changes between two domains may be involved in the ATPase and helicase activity of eIF4A. The molecular basis of these conformational changes, however, is not understood. Here, we generated RNA aptamers with high affinity for eIF4A by in vitro RNA selection-amplification. On binding, the RNAs inhibit ATP hydrolysis. One class of RNAs contains members that exhibit dissociation constant of 27 nM for eIF4A and severely inhibit cap-dependent in vitro translation. The binding affinity was increased on Arg substitution in the conserved motif Ia of eIF4A, which probably improves a predicted arginine network to bind RNA substrates. Selected RNAs, however, failed to bind either domain of eIF4A that had been split at the linker site. These findings suggest that the selected RNAs interact cooperatively with both domains of eIF4A, either in the dumbbell or the compact form, and entrap it into a dead-end conformation, probably by blocking the conformational change of eIF4A. The selected RNAs, therefore, represent a new class of specific inhibitors that are suitable for the analysis of eukaryotic initiation, and which pose a potential therapeutic against malignancies that are caused by aberrant translational control.
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- Akihiro Oguro
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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The mechanism of translation termination has long been a puzzle. Recent crystallographic evidence suggests that the eukaryotic release factor (eRF1), the bacterial release factor (RF2) and the ribosome recycling factor (RRF) all mimic a tRNA structure, whereas biochemical and genetic evidence supports the idea of a tripeptide 'anticodon' in bacterial release factors RF1 and RF2. However, the suggested structural mimicry of RF2 is not in agreement with the tripeptide 'anticodon' hypothesis and, furthermore, recently determined structures using cryo-electron microscopy show that, when bound to the ribosome, RF2 has a conformation that is distinct from the RF2 crystal structure. In addition, hydroxyl-radical probings of RRF on the ribosome are not in agreement with the simple idea that RRF mimics tRNA in the ribosome A-site. All of this evidence seriously questions the simple concept of structural mimicry between proteins and RNA and, thus, leaves only functional mimicry of protein factors of translation to be investigated.
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- Yoshikazu Nakamura
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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Nakano H, Yoshida T, Uchiyama S, Kawachi M, Matsuo H, Kato T, Ohshima A, Yamaichi Y, Honda T, Kato H, Yamagata Y, Ohkubo T, Kobayashi Y. Structure and binding mode of a ribosome recycling factor (RRF) from mesophilic bacterium. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:3427-36. [PMID: 12411440 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m208098200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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X-ray and NMR analyses on ribosome recycling factors (RRFs) from thermophilic bacteria showed that they display a tRNA-like L-shaped conformation consisting of two domains. Since then, it has been accepted that domain I, consisting of a three-helix bundle, corresponds to the anticodon arm of tRNA and domain II and a beta/alpha/beta sandwich structure, corresponds to the acceptor arm. In this study, we obtained a RRF from a mesophilic bacterium, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, by gene cloning and carried out an x-ray analysis on it at 2.2 A resolution. This RRF was shown to be active in an in vitro assay system using Escherichia coli polysomes and elongation factor G (EF-G). In contrast, the above-mentioned RRFs from thermophilic bacteria were inactive in such a system. Analysis of the relative orientations between the two domains in the structures of various RRFs, including this RRF from mesophilic bacterium, revealed that domain II rotates about the long axis of the helix bundle of domain I. To elucidate the ribosome binding site of RRF, the peptide fragment (RRF-DI) corresponding to domain I of RRF was expressed and characterized. RRF-DI is bound to 70 S ribosome and the 50 S subunit with an affinity similar to that of wild-type RRF. But it does not bind to the 30 S subunit. These findings caused us to reinvestigate the concept of the mimicry of RRF to tRNA and to propose a new model where domain I corresponds to the acceptor arm of tRNA and domain II corresponds to the anticodon arm. This is just the reverse of a model that is now widely accepted. However, the new model is in better agreement with published biological findings.
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- Hiroaki Nakano
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Lancaster L, Kiel MC, Kaji A, Noller HF. Orientation of ribosome recycling factor in the ribosome from directed hydroxyl radical probing. Cell 2002; 111:129-40. [PMID: 12372306 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(02)00938-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ribosome recycling factor (RRF) disassembles posttermination complexes in conjunction with elongation factor EF-G, liberating ribosomes for further rounds of translation. The striking resemblance of its L-shaped structure to that of tRNA has suggested that the mode of action of RRF may be based on mimicry of tRNA. Directed hydroxyl radical probing of 16S and 23S rRNA from Fe(II) tethered to ten positions on the surface of E. coli RRF constrains it to a well-defined location in the subunit interface cavity. Surprisingly, the orientation of RRF in the ribosome differs markedly from any of those previously observed for tRNA, suggesting that structural mimicry does not necessarily reflect functional mimicry.
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- Laura Lancaster
- Center for Molecular Biology of RNA, Sinsheimer Laboratories, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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Chen LQ, Zhang XE, Xie WH, Zhou YF, Zhang ZP, Cass AEG. Genetic modification of glucose oxidase for improving performance of an amperometric glucose biosensor. Biosens Bioelectron 2002; 17:851-7. [PMID: 12243903 DOI: 10.1016/s0956-5663(02)00051-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Glucose oxidase (GOD) was genetically modified by adding a poly-lysine chain at the C-terminal with a peptide linker inserted between the enzyme and poly-lysine chain. The poly-lysine chain was added in order to anchor more electron transfer mediator, ferrocenecarboxylic acid, to GOD for the purpose of improving sensitivity and stability of glucose biosensors. The modified GOD had similar K(m) and K(cat) to those of the wild type enzyme. After interacted with the electron transfer mediator, the modified enzyme retained 90.01% of its native activity, while the commercial GOD and the wild type GOD (Aspergillus niger) retained only 22.43 and 22.17%, respectively. Screen-printed electrodes coated with the modified GOD, wild type yeast-derived GOD or the commercial GOD were tested in glucose solution of different concentrations. Experimental results showed that the biosensor based on the modified GOD gave the largest signal among the three. In addition, the linear range of the biosensor prepared by the modified GOD could extend to 45 mM, while they were about 20 mM for the biosensors based on the wild type yeast-derived enzyme and the commercial enzyme.
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- Li-Qun Chen
- Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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Ito K, Fujiwara T, Toyoda T, Nakamura Y. Elongation factor G participates in ribosome disassembly by interacting with ribosome recycling factor at their tRNA-mimicry domains. Mol Cell 2002; 9:1263-72. [PMID: 12086623 DOI: 10.1016/s1097-2765(02)00547-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Elongation factor G (EF-G) is a G protein with motor function that drives two target molecules, a tRNA in the translating ribosome and the ribosome recycling factor (RRF) in the post-termination complex. How G protein motor action is transmitted to RRF is unknown. Thermus thermophilus RRF is nonfunctional in Escherichia coli. It became functional upon introducing a plasmid expressing E. coli EF-G with surface changes in its tRNA-mimic domain or by replacing the E. coli EF-G tRNA-mimic domain by the Thermus domain. Thermus RRF could also be activated by introducing surface substitutions in its anticodon arm-mimic region. These gain-of-function phenotypes depend on the combination of heterologous EF-G and RRF alleles. These mutational studies suggest that EF-G motor action is transmitted to RRF by specific surface contacts between the domains that mimic the anticodon arm.
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- Koichi Ito
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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Hirokawa G, Kiel MC, Muto A, Selmer M, Raj V, Liljas A, Igarashi K, Kaji H, Kaji A. Post-termination complex disassembly by ribosome recycling factor, a functional tRNA mimic. EMBO J 2002; 21:2272-81. [PMID: 11980724 PMCID: PMC125990 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.9.2272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Ribosome recycling factor (RRF) together with elongation factor G (EF-G) disassembles the post- termination ribosomal complex. Inhibitors of translocation, thiostrepton, viomycin and aminoglycosides, inhibited the release of tRNA and mRNA from the post-termination complex. In contrast, fusidic acid and a GTP analog that fix EF-G to the ribosome, allowing one round of tRNA translocation, inhibited mRNA but not tRNA release from the complex. The release of tRNA is a prerequisite for mRNA release but partially takes place with EF-G alone. The data are consistent with the notion that RRF binds to the A-site and is translocated to the P-site, releasing deacylated tRNA from the P- and E-sites. The final step, the release of mRNA, is accompanied by the release of RRF and EF-G from the ribosome. With the model post-termination complex, 70S ribosomes were released from the post-termination complex by the RRF reaction and were then dissociated into subunits by IF3.
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- Go Hirokawa
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan and Molecular Biophysics, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, PO Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail:
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We have compiled a comprehensive list of the articles published in the year 2000 that describe work employing commercial optical biosensors. Selected reviews of interest for the general biosensor user are highlighted. Emerging applications in areas of drug discovery, clinical support, food and environment monitoring, and cell membrane biology are emphasized. In addition, the experimental design and data processing steps necessary to achieve high-quality biosensor data are described and examples of well-performed kinetic analysis are provided.
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- R L Rich
- Center for Biomolecular Interaction Analysis, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84132, USA
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